DEADLY C-130 CRASH 11 killed when US aircraft crashes in Afghanistan

A C-130 Hercules taxis at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission. The C-130 provides intra-theater heavy airlift throughout Southwest Asia. The C-130 is deployed from the Colorado Air National Guard's 439th Airlift Wing in Colorado Springs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley)
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BREAKING: A C-130 aircraft crashed in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Thursday night, killing 11 people, including six US service members.

“It was a serious crash,” a defense official told Fox News. Earlier reports said there were 12 dead.

The official could not confirm which branch of the U.S. military – the Air Force or Marine Corps – was flying the C-130.

The victims reportedly included five contracted civilians as well as the U.S. service members.

There was no immediate determination of what caused the crash.

Lucas Tomlinson is the Pentagon and State Department producer for Fox News Channel. You can follow him on Twitter: @LucasFoxNews

Source: FOXNews.com
DEADLY C-130 CRASH 11 killed when US aircraft crashes in Afghanistan

 

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