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16 dead in US military plane crash in Mississippi
Jul 12, 2017
WASHINGTON: All 16 troops aboard a Marine Corps air refueling and transport aircraft were killed when the plane crashed in a field in rural Mississippi, officials confirmed Tuesday.
The aircraft was a KC-130T from the Marine Reserves that was heading from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina on a mission to transport personnel and equipment to Naval Air Field El Centro, California, the Marine Reserves said in a statement.—AFP