Marine aircraft KC-130 crash: At least 12 bodies recovered from Mississippi crash site

This is so gut wrenching awful.  Mere words cannot describe how terrible this is the the families and the Marine Corps.   

Fox News reports at least 12 bodies were recovered from the crash site of a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 refueling plane that crashed Monday evening in a soybean field in Mississippi, authorities said.

The search for additional victims is continuing. The Marine Corps said the aircraft “experienced a mishap.” The plane spiraled down at about 4 p.m. in a field about 85 miles north of Jackson. The plane’s debris could were scattered in a radius of about five miles.

Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks told The Associated Press that officials were still searching for bodies after nightfall.

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