Madrid , Spain ( CNN ) -- A Saudi army lieutenant colonel died Tuesday during a training flight at a Spanish air base , the Spanish Defence Ministry said . The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. ( 3:30 a.m . ET ) during a training flight aboard a Eurofighter Typhoon jet . A few minutes after takeoff , the plane hit the ground for unknown reasons , the Defense Ministry said . A Spanish pilot who was also on board ejected before the plane hit the ground , the ministry said . A special committee has been sent to the Moron Air Base in Seville to investigate , the Defense Ministry said . The Saudi pilot was at Moron to sign an agreement on Spanish-Saudi cooperation , which includes training for Saudi pilots on the Eurofighter , the ministry said . Saudi Arabia is one of the customers for the Eurofighter , which is manufactured by an international consortium of Britain 's BAE Systems , the German and Spanish arms of EADS , and Italy 's Alenia Aeronautica . CNN 's Claudia Rebaza in London , England , contributed to this report .
The Saudi Arabian flight commander was on a training flight near Seville . He was training on the Eurofighter Typhoon , which crashed after takeoff . His Spanish co - pilot ejected before the crash and died .