KC-130 military airplane, a versatile plane which is typically used as a refueling tanker, crashed outside of Greenwood in Mississippi on Monday afternoon
Officials have recovered the bodies of 15 Marines and one Navy Corpsman from the wreckage
The names of those killed have not been made public pending notification of family members
The Lockheed KC-130 was transporting personnel and equipment from the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, to Naval Air Field El Centro, California
An official with the Greenwood Airport said the plane suffered a structural failure at 20,000 feet
A Mississippi State Trooper said: 'There's a lot of ammo in the plane' and officials found debris on both sides of Highway 82 in Leflore County
Andy Jones said he was working on his family's catfish farm when he heard a boom and looked up and saw the plane corkscrewing down to the ground
Donald Trump tweeted after the crash that the 'Marine Plane crash in Mississippi is heartbreaking' as he sent his and Melania's 'deepest condolences to all'
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