An aging United States military cargo plane carrying nine troops was destroyed in a fiery crash on Wednesday, as it made its final scheduled flight before being mothballed, officials said. The C-130 “Hercules” cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed around 11:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) near the Savannah airport. Footage of the crash showed it falling from the sky then exploding in a fireball. “We’ve confirmed nine people, consisting of five crewmembers and four additional passengers” were on board, Puerto Rico National Guard spokesman Major Paul Dahlen said. The US military has been rocked by a string of aviation accidents in recent weeks, including an F-16 crash near Las Vegas last month that killed the pilot.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 02, 2018 23:26 UTC