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Military plane crash kills 9 in the Philippines

A decades-old military plane crashed Thursday into a residential area in the southern Philippines, killing a two-star air force general and eight other people.

The twin-prop Nomad aircraft crashed into three houses and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Cotabato city, regional military commander Lt. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer said.

A woman was killed in one of the houses hit and at least two people on the ground were injured, police said. Several houses became engulfed in flames after the plane exploded.

N.C.-based F-15E crashes

Two crew members died when an F-15E fighter plane assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro crashed Friday night in eastern Afghanistan.

The names of the victims will be released today, said Lt. Matt Schroff, chief of public affairs at Seymour Johnson. The families of the victims were notified Saturday afternoon, he said.

The plane was conducting coalition operations, according to a news release. Schroff said officials have confirmed that the crash was not caused by enemy fire.

Two from N.C. base die in Afghanistan

Two crew members died when an F-15E fighter plane assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro crashed in eastern Afghanistan Friday night.

The names of the victims will be released Sunday, said Lt. Matt Schroff, chief of public affairs at Seymour Johnson. The families of the victims were notified Saturday afternoon, he said.

The plane was conducting coalition operations, according to a press release. Schroff said officials have confirmed the crash was not caused by enemy fire.

Plane crash probe could take months

Investigators say it will be months before they can say for sure why a small plane descended from the clouds over Clayton on Friday and crashed into McCall's Bar-B-Que & Seafood, killing the pilot.

Witnesses didn't hear engine sputtering or other signs of trouble, but it appeared the plane was not operating at full power, said Tim Monville, senior air safety investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board's Miami office, at the restaurant Saturday. The single-engine 1947 Navion left five propeller slash marks in the parking lot before crashing into the building.

"The cockpit, cabin and nearly both wings were consumed by the post-crash fire," Monville said. "We don't see any evidence of an in-flight fire at this time."

Authorities investigate fatal Colorado plane crash

Investigators plan to talk to other pilots to determine whether they heard any communications between two small planes just before an in-flight collision in Colorado killed all three people on board both planes.

With no black box data, investigators are relying heavily on video, photos and witnesses' testimony to determine what led to the fiery crash Saturday, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Jennifer Rodi said Sunday.

The crash occurred about 1:30 p.m. Saturday near the Boulder Municipal Airport when a southbound Cirrus SR20 collided with a westbound Piper Pawnee that was towing the glider, causing the "immediate disintegration and explosion of both airplanes," Rodi said.