Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters receive fuel from a KC-130 Hercules over the Gulf of Aden January 1, 2003. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Paula M. Fitzgerald/Handout/File Photo via Reuters
A U.S. military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening killing at least 16 people, a regional emergency management official said.
No official details were immediately available on the circumstances of the crash in northern Mississippi’s LeFlore County, about 100 miles north of Jackson, the state capital.