Plane crashes on Elmendorf [C-17]

KTUU ^ | Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | KTUU

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just found out I can’t post ADN stuff....I’ll keep watching and just post my own words.

Very sad news. The Blue Angels will be here this weekend and the C-17 would probably have been doing demos.

Prayers for the crew and their families.

Update on the way shortly.......

[Eye of Unk]

Since the AWACS crash there is a very aggressive geese deterrent system, and I have not seen any geese in the air at all lately. We will find out what happened.

One less to fly over at the 8:30 time as they usually do every day since I moved to where I am 11 miles north of Wasilla. There has been for many years 3 or 4 C130-s, noisy!

In the last couple of years its been a mix of the old and the new, the C17 sounds like a couple hundred revved up Jaguar V12’s, weird harmonic kind of sound.

[Jet Jaguar]

thanks for the updates.

[Redak]

I was working out on Elmendorf AFB until 530 local when for the first time in a week I left reasonably early. A coworker who had to stay told me he had heard of the crash on-base and that it was near the Elmendorf/ Ft Richardson border. Close to a jobsite we frequent, he mentioned losses but since he didn't tell me his source, I don't want to repeat it.
A C-17 or several have been practicing for the Air Show, lots of STOL practice with some tight turns around the point. Its amazing how tight a radius the thing can maneuver in, I admit to thinking of it as “just” a cargo plane until I watched this over the last week. Also it might be a National Guard plane since they are closing down Kulis and moving those units to Elmendorf across town.
Praying for all of them!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Air Force says 4 on board the plane that crashed.

A link to some pictures...

http://www.adn.com/2010/07/28/v-gallery/1385727/cargo-plane-reported-down-on-base.html#id=1385822&view=large_view

A mother of a C-17 pilot on the base hadn’t heard who was onboard as of about 9:15p

The Arctic Thunder air show and open house is supposed to be this weekend.

[Yosemitest]

This photo shows alot.

ERIK HILL / Anchorage Daily News

A C-17 cargo plane crashed and burned on Elmendorf Air Force Base Wednesday evening July 28, 2010 according to the Alaska National Guard.
The plane went down about two miles north and east of the runways at left. Ft. Richardson is at right.

[Loud Mime]

The only C17 safety blemish I was able to find was where one had a hard landing in Turkey. Gears and tires damaged and not much else.

That’s after loads of google pages.....

[Gondring]

And pilot error in Afghanistan—gear up landing.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Official news release from earlier......

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2010/07/28/20/c-17_release.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks for the update.

[Red Steel]

Later read.

[historyrepeatz]

I missed getting a ride on a C-5 by thaaaaat much..

[ASOC]

Update

JB Elmendorf-Richardson Commander just gave a news conference.

For 10 mins he carfully said exactly nothing.

Maybe tomorrow. I do find it hard to believe that after 4 hours, they would not even confirm status of aircrew.

Oh well - it is the new PC Air Force

[Ramius]

And pilot error in Afghanistan—gear up landing.

Ouch. As a pilot friend of mine once said... "there's two kinds of pilots: those who have landed wheels-up... and those who haven't... yet." Ugh... there's that sickening "ohno second" right at the last moment when you realize that the gear isn't down, but there isn't time until the next second that's already happening... of top quality aircraft aluminum scaping on the tarmac.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

I missed getting a ride on a C-5 by thaaaaat much

Same as most aircraft...the higher you go the smaller the people on the ground appear!

[stevie_d_64]

Took a C-5 from Clark AFB all the way out to Diego Garcia back in the 80’s...

What a haul...Non-Stop...Like where were we going to stop anyway??? hehehe

These C-17’s appear to be a much nicer A/C...

[Cindy]

How sad.

My prayers for the families.

[Halgr]

Is that you over at TOL ;-)

[TaMoDee]

Good friend was there and saw it. Lots of unhappy personnel running around!

[Gondring]

Something like $20 million damage for turning off the warning alarm, if I remember correctly. Not good for one’s career.