A military refueling aircraft crashed Monday afternoon in a soybean field in LeFlore County, claiming at least five lives, officials said.
Sheriff Ricky Banks said there were five confirmed dead as of 6:15 p.m. CT and that there were supposed to be nine people aboard the plane.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson said the aircraft was a C-130. It crashed on the Sunflower-Leflore county line in west-central Mississippi, he said.
The U.S. Marine Corps Twitter account posted that "A USMC KC-130 mishap occurred the evening of July 10. Further information will be released as available."
Sheriff Ricky Banks said there were five confirmed dead as of 6:15 p.m. CT and that there were supposed to be nine people aboard the plane.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson said the aircraft was a C-130. It crashed on the Sunflower-Leflore county line in west-central Mississippi, he said.
The U.S. Marine Corps Twitter account posted that "A USMC KC-130 mishap occurred the evening of July 10. Further information will be released as available."
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