U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed near a residential area
The two 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, the Navy said in a statement Sunday.
“Their spirit, friendship, and devotion to their country will not be forgotten,” the Navy said Ross was an instructor pilot from Wixom, Mich., while Garrett, who hailed from Weddington, N.C., was a student aviator.
The plane had taken off from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 30 miles northeast of Pensacola, Fla., on a routine training flight before crashing in Foley around 5 p.m. local time.
The plane hit a house and two cars, according to but the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office that no civilians were injured in the crash.
The home and cars were engulfed in flames, but firefighters were able to make “a quick stop on the fire,” Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby told local news outlets
The Navy was working with local authorities to investigate the incident
