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Elmendorf Plane Crash (Read 258 times)

Jul 29^th, 2010 at 11:50am

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Reply #1 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 4:08pm

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Is it just me, or do plane crashes seem to happen in groups? Sad

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Reply #2 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 7:36pm

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ApplePie wrote on Jul 29^th, 2010 at 4:08pm:

Is it just me, or do plane crashes seem to happen in groups? Sad

Like famous people dying in groups of 3?

I've checked back with the online newspaper and as of yet no decision has been made in cancelling the airshow this weekend:

http://www.adn.com/2010/07/29/1386623/no-decision-yet-on-air-show-cancellation.h...

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Reply #3 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 8:38am

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No survivors of Elmendorf C-17 crash

7/29/2010 - ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFNS) -- Four Airmen were killed when a C-17 Globemaster III crashed here July 28. Three were members of the Alaska Air National Guard and the other was an active duty servicemember here.

"Our deepest sympathy and sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of those Airmen killed in this crash," said Col. John McMullen, the 3rd Wing commander. "Yesterday, we lost four members of our Arctic Warrior family, and it's a loss felt across our entire joint installation. Right now, our immediate focus is on providing all possible support to the loved ones of our fallen aviators. We are also engaged in a deliberate investigative process."

The names of the Airmen are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

A board of officers will investigate the accident.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123215501

It was weird hearing this happen, knowing that the Aircrews do way more dangerous stuff on actual operation, and yet this tragedy happened on a training mission. Embarrassed

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Reply #4 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 11:56am

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Arctic Thunder to continue

"Obviously this is a huge tragedy, but at some point we are going to need to get up, and we're going to need to press on and move forward," the commander told reporters earlier in the day.

http://www.adn.com/2010/07/29/1387215/fatal-c-17-crash-also-damaged.html

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