Plane upside down, 2 airmen killed in training mission accident at Oklahoma base

21 Nov, 2019 18:26 / Updated 5 years ago

Two men were killed when a routine training mission out of Vance Air Force Base went awry on Thursday morning. There were two aircraft involved, and emergency personnel are on the scene treating survivors.

Two T-38 trainer aircraft were flying a routine mission out of the Oklahoma base when an unspecified mishap occurred at 9:10 local time. Two unnamed men are dead, and the two survivors are being treated at the scene.

One aircraft lies on its back with a long drag trail behind it, while the other rests upright with normal landing marks in a video published by local KOCO News.

A safety team is looking into the accident. Names of the dead will be released after family is notified.

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