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.
All 16
victims were on the Marine Corps aircraft and there were no survivors, Randle
told CNN.
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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