Savannah plane crash: Five dead in Georgia as military plane comes down

Five people have died after a military cargo plane crashed in the southern US state of Georgia, officials say.

They were aboard the C-130 plane when it came down on a road near the local airport in the coastal city of Savannah.

The plane is believed to have belonged to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and was on a training flight.

Images shared on social media showed wreckage engulfed in flames and black smoke spewing into the sky.