9 Americans Feared Dead in Plane Crash
From Times Wire Reports
A U.S. military plane on a training mission crashed in central Albania, and the nine Americans aboard are believed to have been killed, the Albanian Defense Ministry said.
The Pentagon said that the plane was a C-130 and that a search was underway.
The plane had taken off from Tirana’s Mother Teresa Airport and crashed on Driza Mountain, 50 miles southeast of Tirana, the capital, ministry spokesman Agim Doci said.
He said the plane was taking part in a joint exercise with the Albanian military.
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