WASHINGTON - Two crew members of a US Naval aircraft were killed as their plane crashed Friday in the southern US state of Alabama.

The US Department of Defense and Navy officials will handle the investigation and provide updates

The ill-fated jet was a T-6B Texan II training aircraft, which crashed at about 5 pm local time in Foley, Alabama, a town near the Gulf Coast, the US Naval Air Forces said in a statement.

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"No civilians were injured on the ground," the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter.

Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby told local news outlets that responders encountered a "large volume of fire" from a home, and firefighters were able to make "a quick stop on the fire."

"The names of the deceased will not be released until 24 hours after the next-of-kin notification," said the Naval Air Forces.

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The aircraft had flown out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, about 48.28 km northeast of Pensacola, Florida, a Navy spokeswoman said.

The sheriff's office said the US Department of Defense and Navy officials will handle the investigation and provide updates.