Eight years ago, nine airmen died in C-130 crash on HWY 21
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (WTOC) - On May 2, 2018, nine members of the 156th Airlift Wing Puerto Rico Air National Guard died in a plane crash on Highway 21 while heading to Arizona.
The Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane from Puerto Rico crashed near the intersection of Highway 21 and Crossgate Road.
Their mission, as WTOC has reported on, was to deliver the C-130 aircraft from Savannah to an Air Force base where it would be decommissioned.
The U.S. Airforce said engine malfunction and pilot error caused the aircraft to crash nose-first.
The names of the fallen airmen are:
- Maj. Jose Rafael Roman
- Maj. Carlos Pérez Serra
- 1st Lt. David Albandoz – Co-Pilot
- Senior Master Sgt. Jan Paravisini
- Master Sgt. Jean Audiffred
- Master Sgt. Mario Braña
- Master Sgt. Víctor Colón
- Master Sgt. Eric Circuns
- Senior Airman Roberto Espada
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