US Navy plane crashes in ‘densely populated’ Alabama suburb

A United States Navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed in an Alabama suburb near the Gulf Coast, killing the two people on the plane, authorities say.

Zach Harrell, spokesman for the Naval Air Forces Commander, said on Friday (Saturday NZT) that both people on the T-6B Texan II trainer were killed, but they did not immediately reveal their names.

No injuries were reported on the ground.

Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby said first responders encountered a “large volume of fire,” with a house and several cars engulfed in flames.

The firefighters were able to make “a quick stop at the fire,” the chief told local media.

The accident occurred southeast of the port city of Mobile.

Darby called the neighborhood a “densely populated” residential area. No firefighters were injured, it added.

The plane had departed from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 30 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida, Navy spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn said.

The Department of Defense and the United States Navy were prepared to handle the investigation.