Incidents and Accidents
On 26 May 2003 a UM Yak-42D crashed near Maçka, Trabzon (Turkey) while carrying 62 Spanish troops from Afghanistan to Zaragoza Air Base. All 75 on board died. At the time, the Spanish presence in the ISAF missions was being disputed among the Spanish politicians. There were accusations of the Ministry of Defence hiring cheap unairworthy aircraft. The scandal damaged the image of minister Federico Trillo. Furthermore, in 2004 it was revealed that the corpse identification in the Turkish mountains was rushed and several bodies were delivered to the wrong relatives.
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