Military cargo plane crashes near Savannah, Georgia

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Source: CNN

(CNN)Emergency crews are responding to a military cargo plane crash Wednesday near Savannah, Georgia, said a spokeswoman for the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.

The US Air Force confirmed that an Air National Guard C-130 crashed in the area. A local firefighters' union reports the crash happened in the Savannah suburb of Port Wentworth.

"It was horrible," said Denver Goodwin, who works at a wrecker service down the street from the crash. "The ground shook like a bomb was going off. All the people in the building started panicking. It was absolutely horrible."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/us/military-plane-crash-savannah-georgia/index.html

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1. Some Local TV Coverage

Lots of images and some details.

Officials confirm two dead in military plane crash near Savannah

PORT WENTWORTH, GA (WTOC) -

Officials confirm that at least two people have died after a military plane crashed on GA-21 at Gulfstream Road in Port Wentworth.

The call went out for a reported "plane down" just before noon Wednesday. Witnesses called WTOC and reported actually seeing the plane go down.

The Savannah Professional Firefighters Association says it is a C-130 Hercules military airplane from the Puerto Rican Air National Guard that crashed. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was bound for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

WTOC is told that five crew members were on board the aircraft.

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