WASHINGTON, July 11, (APP/AFP) – A US military
aircraft has crashed in the southern state of Mississippi, killing 16 people, US media reported Monday.
The US Marine Corps confirmed that a “mishap” involving a KC-130
occurred in the evening, without providing additional details.
The Clarion-Ledger newspaper and CNN cited Leflore County emergency
management director Fred Randle as confirming the death toll of 16.
The incident took place around 4 pm (2100 GMT), the Clarion-Ledger
said, noting that firefighters sprayed the aircraft with huge layers of foam to quell the fire.
The plane crashed in a soybean field on the Sunflower-Leflore county
line, the paper said.
Photos posted on its website showed plumes of black smoke billowing
from a green agricultural field.
“Please join Deborah and me in praying for those hurting after this
tragedy. Our men and women in uniform risk themselves every day to secure our freedom,” Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant said in a statement on Facebook.
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16 dead in US military plane crash in Mississippi: reports
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