2 May 2018
Savannah plane crash: Five dead in Georgia as military plane comes down
By BBC
Five people have died after a military cargo plane crashed in the southern US state of Georgia, officials say.
They were aboard the C-130 plane when it came down beside a highway intersection near the local airport in the coastal city of Savannah.
The plane belonged to Puerto Rico Air National Guard and was on a training flight, the National Guard said.
Images shared on social media showed wreckage engulfed in flames and black smoke spewing into the sky.
Georgia Air National Guard Capt Jeffrey Bezore said in a statement that five people were on the plane. They would be named upon notification of their next of kin, he said.
In a tweet, US President Donald Trump said he was monitoring the situation.
"Please join me in thoughts and prayers for the victims, their families and the great women of the National Guard," he wrote.
One Instagram user, pilotgabe, posted a picture of the scene from the Hilton Head International Airport.
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