FOLEY, Ala. — A U.S. Navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed Friday in an Alabama residential
Zach Harrell, a spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said both people in the T-6B Texan II training plane died, but they weren't immediately releasing their names. No injuries were reported on the ground.
Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby said responders encountered a “large volume of fire” with a home and several cars engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to make “a quick stop on the fire,” the chief told local news outlets.
The crash occurred southeast of Mobile, near the city of Foley and the town of Magnolia Springs. Darby called the
The plane had flown out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 30 miles (48.28
The U.S. Department of
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