Two dead in US Navy plane crash near Gulf Coast
A United States Navy training plane has crashed in an Alabama neighborhood killing both servicemen on board.
A Navy spokesperson confirmed that both people on board the T-6B Texan II training plane, which crashed in a neighborhood near the city of Foley, Alabama on Friday died in crash.
Naval Air Forces spokesman for Commander, Zach Harrell, said the two pilots killed in the plane crash were an instructor and a student, adding that they would release the names of the pilots 24 hours after next of kin had been notified.
Navy spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn said the plane had flown out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 50 kilometres northeast of Pensacola, Florida.
The plane went down near the Gulf Coast southeast of the city of Mobile in a neighborhood near Foley and the town of Magnolia Springs.
Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby described the area where the Navy plane crashed as a "heavily populated" residential area.
He said firefighters encountered a "large volume of fire" with a part of a home and several cars burning in flames; however, no civilians were injured on the incident.
Darby told local news outlets that the firefighters were able to make "a quick stop on the fire,"
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that the incident will be investigated by the US Department of Defense and the Navy.
Update plane crash: The plane involved in the crash is going to be a US Naval aircraft. No civilians were injured on the ground. DOD and Navy personnel will be handling the investigation and will provide further updates.
— BC Sheriff's Office (@1BC_SO) October 23, 2020
The T-6B Texan II is often used to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots, according to the Navy’s website.
On Tuesday, a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed near Naval Air Station China Lake in California.
The sole pilot of the plane, who was on a training flight over the Superior Valley, ejected from the plane parachuting to the ground with injury.
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