An Air National Guard c-130 cargo planing machine on Wednesday crashed near Savannah , Georgia , killing at least five on board , sureness said .
The aeroplane was on a preparation missionary station when the fortuity occurred at roughly 11:30am local time . The Associated Press reported that between five and nine passengers were on board , reportedly National Guard members from Puerto Rico en route to the US mainland .
A photographtweetedby firefighters at the scene show the tail destruction of the airplane aflame alongside Highway 21 near the Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport . Debris was shown spread across the road , a mainstay of black green goddess rise from the flames .
A spokesperson for the Savannah Professional Firefighters Association toldMilitary.comthat the tail section was the only part of the plane that stay intact .
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The name of the victims are behind withheld until family penis can be notified , authorities said .
allot toCBS News , the Savannah Air National Guard Base has been heavily involved in the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico follow Hurricane Maria .
Update , 5/3 : The pilot of the crashed C-130 conveyance has been identified as Maj . Jose Rafael Roman , a matrimonial male parent of two Word from Manati , Puerto Rico . His wife is five months pregnant with a girl , agree to account . The C-130 Hercules had been used last year to rescue and resupply US citizens catch in the hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico in September .
More than seven months later , after the worst innate cataclysm in Puerto Rico ’s recorded history , thousands of homes and business are without electricity .
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