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Mississippi military plane crash leaves at least 16 dead
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/mississippi-dead-military-plane-crash-kc130<snip>
A US military plane crashed into a field in rural Mississippi on Monday, killing at least 16 people on board and spreading debris for miles, officials said.
The Leflore county emergency management agency’s director, Frank Randle, told reporters at a late briefing that 16 bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiralled into the ground about 85 miles (135km) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta.
Captain Sarah Burns, a Marine Corps spokeswoman, said in a statement that a KC-130 “experienced a mishap” on Monday evening but provided no details. The KC-130 is used as a refuelling tanker.
WSOC-TV in Charlotte reported, citing the Federal Aviation Administration, that the flight originated from Cherry Point, North Carolina, where a Marine Corps airbase is located.
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