A US navy training plane that took off from Florida has crashed in an Alabama residential neighbourhood near the Gulf Coast, killing both people on board.
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Zach Harrell, a spokesman for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said both people in the T-6B Texan II training plane died. No injuries were reported on the ground.
Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby said responders encountered a "large volume of fire" with a home and several cars engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to make "a quick stop on the fire," the chief told local news outlets.
The crash occurred southeast of Mobile, near the city of Foley and the town of Magnolia Springs. Darby called the neighbourhood a "heavily populated" residential area. No firefighters were injured, he added.
The plane had flown out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 48.28 kilometres northeast of Pensacola, Florida, a Navy spokeswoman said.
The US Department of Defense and the Navy were set to handle the investigation, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office tweeted.
Australian Associated Press