C-17 crashes in Alaska

Carlrx7 · 07-28-2010, 11:36 PM

I just got word from my buddy stationed in Alaska that an Elmendorf C-17 crashed about an hour ago..

Not sure if any souls on board survived.. please keep all on board in your prayers tonight...

http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=12889630

No Official word as of yet..

-Carl

Carlrx7 · 07-28-2010, 11:40 PM

just got this photo from him... not good..

Carlrx7 · 07-28-2010, 11:48 PM

Carlrx7 · 07-28-2010, 11:53 PM

ill keep posting them as i find them..

Foose04 · 07-29-2010, 02:04 AM

I just got a text about this. I fly out tomorrow so my girlfriend is all mixed up, great timing..... I hope these guys are ok. This is the first C17 to ever go down that I know of.

Red99T/A · 07-29-2010, 09:00 AM

doesn't look good for the crew there. Can't punch out of a C-17....

04ctd · 07-29-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Red99T/A

doesn't look good for the crew there. Can't punch out of a C-17....

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2...e-base-alaska/

At a press conference Wednesday night, Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins said the C-17 was not an ejection aircraft and it was "likely nobody escaped."

Carlrx7 · 07-29-2010, 10:12 AM

They confirmed the crew of 4 on board didn't make it. 3 Air National Guardsman and 1 Loadmaster. Very sad

chrisheltra · 07-29-2010, 10:14 AM

rip

LadyInRed · 07-29-2010, 10:32 AM

Sad stuff. RIP.

jmd · 07-29-2010, 10:55 AM

sad to hear.

LXtasy · 07-29-2010, 11:26 AM

rip. hope they figure out what happened

chrisheltra · 07-29-2010, 11:30 AM

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rip. hope they figure out what happened

It crashed into the ground and blew up?

Seriously though Im curious as to what happened too. Maybe the jets ingested some type of fowl.

Carlrx7 · 07-29-2010, 12:03 PM

Could be anything that caused it to go down. Water in the fuel. Uncommanded flight control or even fuel transfer for high bank turn. I don't think we will know anything further for about another week

chrisheltra · 07-29-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Carlrx7

Could be anything that caused it to go down. Water in the fuel. Uncommanded flight control or even fuel transfer for high bank turn. I don't think we will know anything further for about another week

Id be surprised if the general public ever knew the actual cause of the accident.

adamsgto2004 · 07-29-2010, 02:44 PM

The way the news reports make it sound it was on fire has it came down, so the bird theory sounds plausible, but they will know once the read the flight recorder.....

FRDnemesis · 07-29-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisheltra

It crashed into the ground and blew up?

Seriously though Im curious as to what happened too. Maybe the jets ingested some type of fowl.

Back in 1996 almost in exactly the same spot (less than a mile to the northeast of that spot) an AWACS went down from ingesting canadian geese.

The C17 crew was doing flagpole flying in preparation for the airshow that they are having this weekend. Sometimes crews hot dog it a little much and that may be what happened too, who knows?

FRDnemesis · 07-29-2010, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Foose04

I just got a text about this. I fly out tomorrow so my girlfriend is all mixed up, great timing..... I hope these guys are ok. This is the first C17 to ever go down that I know of.

No, that is the third to crash but the first where it was a total loss of aircraft and crew.

Red99T/A · 07-29-2010, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FRDnemesis

Back in 1996 almost in exactly the same spot (less than a mile to the northeast of that spot) an AWACS went down from ingesting canadian geese.

The C17 crew was doing flagpole flying in preparation for the airshow that they are having this weekend. Sometimes crews hot dog it a little much and that may be what happened too, who knows?

Reminds me more than a little of a certain B-52.....

FRDnemesis · 07-29-2010, 04:33 PM

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Reminds me more than a little of a certain B-52.....

I know exactly which incident you are referring to and that was terrible.

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Carlrx7 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ladson,SC Posts: 3,813	Could be anything that caused it to go down. Water in the fuel. Uncommanded flight control or even fuel transfer for high bank turn. I don't think we will know anything further for about another week __________________ Dark Aladdin

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