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Officials: Two Crew Members Killed After U.S. Navy Plane Crashes In Alabama Neighborhood

Eric Quintanar
Officials: Two Crew Members Killed After U.S. Navy Plane Crashes In Alabama Neighborhood
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A U.S. Navy aircraft crashed into a populated residential area of Alabama, killing both of the crew members on board and causing heavy damage to a house, officials said Friday.

The plane crash happened at around 5pm CST in Foley, Alabama, less than 10 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and the crew members on board did not survive, said the U.S. Naval Air Forces in a statement Friday evening.

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