[Gabz]

C-5 cargo jet crashes near Dover
Update 7:56 am
By JEFF MONTGOMERY
The News Journal

04/03/2006
A C-5 jet transport crashed south of Dover early today, breaking into at least three pieces and coming to rest on land east of Del. 9 near Kitts Hummock Road.

Dover fire officials and a base spokesmen confirmed that the accident had ocurred. At least 17 people have been taken to Christiana Hospital. Other information on the number of people aboard was unavailable.

All routes to the crash site were blocked this morning. Route 9 east of Dover is closed.

Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeff Oldham said the first calls about the crash came in around 7 this morning. Some witnesses said they saw the plane go down nose first.

The accident is the worst ever in the United States for the C-5, the nation's largest military transport. One of the big jets crashed in Germany during the buildup for the first war in Iraq. Another crashed during the American pullout from Vietnam.

[Heatseeker]

Thanks - now I know exactly where it is too. :(

[commish]

I was stationed at Ramstien when the C-5 went down there in 1991. I was renting an apartment in Ramstien Village about 1/2 mile from where she went in. Both my roomate and I were shaken out of our beds by the impact. Quite a shock at 3-4AM to be shaken awake by a huge rumble and Boom and then look out your window to see this huge Orange glow in the woods across the street.

I was tagged for crash site detail too. That was an experience I would like to forget but never will. I smelled like jet fuel for what seemed like weeks afterward. We were givem Masks, hip wader boots, gloves, trashbags, and little red flags. If it was metal we picked it up and put it in a bag, the red flags were to used to mark remains.

[grjr21]

Local TV ABC 6 reported that the plane had just taken off when it started to experience difficulties and crashed attempting to land.
At least 10 people were taken to a local hospital and were able to walk with very minor injuries. However a unknown number were choppered to to a trauma center