U.S. Military Plane Has Crashed Killing 16 Marines On Board

NBC: Military Plane Crashes With 16 on Board in Mississippi; ‘Most’ Bodies Recovered, Official Says

Sixteen people were on board a military plane that crashed in Mississippi on Monday, and "most, but not all" of the bodies had been recovered, a local official said.

Leflore County, Mississippi, Director of Emergency Management Fred Randle said in a brief phone interview with NBC News that the search for bodies would continue Tuesday. In a news conference earlier, Randle said he had been told that all 16 people aboard the flight were believed dead.

Randle told reporters that the scene around the crash site was unsafe due to the presence of fuel. The FBI was on scene, along with a number of other state and local emergency first-responders and investigators, Randle said.

Ray Coleman, a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, told NBC News that the aircraft was a C-130.

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U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi; 16 dead -- Reuters
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Military plane crashes in Mississippi, 16 dead -- CNN
16 killed in military KC-130 plane crash in Mississippi -- RT

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