MERIDIAN, Miss. — A military training plane crashed Sunday in the Cherokee National Forest near Tellico Plains, Tennessee.
Two pilots, an instructor and student, were aboard a T-45C Goshawk training in the area and had not returned to the Naval Air Station in Meridian, Mississippi, according to the U.S. Navy.
Their status is unknown.
#BREAKING: #USNavy training aircraft reported missing- https://t.co/kopon6HNbF @flynavy pic.twitter.com/tWcNdPd1fp
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) October 2, 2017
CORRECTION: Reported crash near Tellico Plains, TN. Not Callico Plains, TN. https://t.co/0XEePRBfiM
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) October 2, 2017
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