October 25, 2020 in National News

CREW MEMBERS IDENTIFIED IN U.S. NAVY TRAINING PLANE CRASH IN ALABAMA

The crew members who died when a U.S. Navy training plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood on Friday have been identified.

U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, and 24-year-old U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett were the two-person crew piloting a U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft when it crashed in Foley, Alabama.

โ€œTheir spirit, friendship, and devotion to their country will not be forgotten,โ€ the Navy said.

Ross was an instructor pilot from Wixom, Michigan, while Garrett, from Weddington, North Carolina, was a student aviator.

The plane had taken off from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 30 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida, on a routine training flight before crashing in Foley.

The plane hit a house and two cars. No civilians were injured in the crash.

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.



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