International News

WASHINGTON, July 11, (APP/AFP) – A US military
aircraft has crashed in the US state of Mississippi, killing at least five people, US media reported Monday.
The US Marine Corps C-130, a refueling plane, crashed on the
Sunflower-Leflore county line, the Clarion-Ledger reported.
It cited Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee
Smithson as the source of the information.
The Marine Corps has said there was a “mishap” but did not
immediately say where or if the two were the same case.
A Pentagon spokesman separately confirmed only that a Marine Corps
aircraft was involved in the incident to which the Marine Corps referred.
“A USMC KC-130 mishap occurred the evening of July 10. Further
information will be released as available,” the Corps itself said on Twitter.