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08:37, 03-May-2018
Nine killed in military plane crashes near an airport in Georgia, US
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A Puerto Rico Air National Guard cargo plane crashed onto a busy highway and railroad tracks on Wednesday near Savannah, Georgia, and likely killing all nine people aboard, a US official said.
The Hercules C-130J aircraft went down about 11:30 a.m. (1530 GMT), shortly after taking off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, about 175 miles (280 km) southeast of Atlanta, officials said.
The plane was on a training mission heading to Arizona. Five were crew members and four were passengers on the plane, who were military maintenance and operations personnel, all from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.
Source(s): Reuters