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To: ol' hoghead

C-130 is a four engine turbo-prop. The news reports could be wrong, but they referred to a jet.


9 posted on 03/31/2005 7:06:02 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Blueflag

4 Bodies recovered in Albania plane crash
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TIRANA, Albania Apr 1, 2005 — Search teams recovered four bodies Friday from the wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in mountainous southern Albania, and were looking for five missing crew members, authorities said.

The C-130 airplane was taking part in a joint exercise with Albanian forces when it crashed Thursday night near the remote village of Rovie, in the Drizez Mountains, 60 miles southeast of the Balkan country's capital, Tirana. The dead were all American, said Albanian army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Pellumb Qazimi.

"If there are survivors we would have learned it by now," said Defense Ministry spokesman Agim Doci.

The U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, said the cause if the crash was being investigated but did not comment on the fate of the crew, saying the "status of the individuals on board is yet to be determined." It said the military transport was assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group, at Mildenhall in England.

Albania, seeking eventual membership of NATO, has close ties to the U.S. military. It backed the American-led campaign in Iraq, where it has deployed a small unit of 71 troops. Albania also has peacekeeping contingents Afghanistan in nearby Bosnia.


10 posted on 04/01/2005 10:02:13 AM PST by myzeqari
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