5 National Guard members killed in plane crash

[TomSea]

5 National Guard members killed in plane crash
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(CNN) - At least five National Guard members from Puerto Rico were killed when an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane crashed near Savannah, Georgia, The Associated Press reports.

The US Air Force said that an Air National Guard WC-130 from the 156th Airlift Wing in Puerto Rico went down in the area. The 165th Airlift Wing of the Georgia Air National Guard is responding to the scene, according to the Air Force. The WC-130 is used for weather reconnaissance, it said.

The aircraft was performing a training mission when it crashed, the National Guard tweeted.

Read more at: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/national/military-plane-crashes-in-savannah-georgia

Sad to report on a tragedy.

[driftdiver]

C-130s are very dependable airplanes.   Its hard to imagine what happened.  Prays for the families.

[endicom]

I hope the newer C-130s don't burn away to virtually nothing like the one I saw in 1967.

[driftdiver]

Security camera of the crash

http://www.fox13news.com/news/surveillance-video-shows-military-cargo-plane-plummeting

[endicom]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/05/02/untitled-n2476916


It looks like nine died. The plane was 60 years old and on a retirement flight to Arizona.

That just double sucks.

[thackney]

Security camera of the crash

http://www.fox13news.com/news/surveillance-video-shows-military-cargo-plane-plummeting

Wow, looks like not a chance of survival with that flip and nose down impact.

[Just_Victor]

Wow, looks like not a chance of survival with that flip and nose down impact.

That plane augured in.  Almost gotta be a flight control system issue, unless something happened to the pilot.

Terrible situation.