Surveillance video shows military plane nosediving from the sky, crashing near Savannah
A local business near the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport posted video from their surveillance camera of a military plane crashing into a treeline around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Scott Cohen shared the video on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon.
All nine people who were aboard the plane are believed to have died in the crash of the C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Georgia Highway 21 and Crossgate Road near the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. The plane was from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.
Cohen tweeted, "Prayers go out to the families of all on board the plane that crashed in Garden City today. Captured from my business’ surveillance cameras."
The video shows the plane barreling nose first toward the ground while spinning in rotation as it disappears behind the treeline.
Seconds later, a fireball bursts and bellows out black smoke.
This story was originally published May 2, 2018 at 3:51 PM with the headline "Surveillance video shows military plane nosediving from the sky, crashing near Savannah."