New York Post Two pilots on board a U.S. Navy plane were killed when it crashed into a residential neighborhood in Alabama on Friday night, authorities said.
The Naval aircraft — a T-6B Texan II — went down in the city of Foley at about 5 p.m. local time, the US Naval Air Forces said in a tweet.
There were no passengers in the plane, and no civilians were injured in the fiery wreck, authorities said.
Footage from the scene from WKRG shows the plane in flames on what appears to be a residential front yard. A home also caught fire, authorities said.
Thick black smoke can be seen billowing into the sky in the footage.
Department of Defense and Navy officials will be investigating the crash.
The Naval Air Training Command mourned the loss of the two pilots.
“It is with a heavy heart that we mourn two of our pilots who lost their lives during an aircraft crash in Alabama today,” the training command wrote on Twitter.
“Our deepest sympathy goes to their family and friends at this difficult time. Rest in peace, Shipmates. We have the watch.”
