A military flight instructor was presumed dead after his plane crashed on Monday at sea off the southeastern coast of Spain, the air force said. The C-101 - the same aircraft used by Spain's air force Eagle Patrol aerobatics team - was on a training flight when it crashed near the resort of La Manga, the defence ministry said. On board was a flight instructor who "was able to eject before the plane crashed in the sea". But in a tweet, the air force said "everything indicates that our colleague... has died," saying "remains" had been found that needed to be examined by forensics.

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