All Aboard Survive C-5 Crash

American Forces Press Service ^

[SandRat]

17 Airmen survive Dover C-5 Galaxy crash (with Photos of Crash)

[SandRat]

All 17 airmen Survived this

[jveritas]

Thanks the Lord.

[MEG33]

I am so glad..Thank you, God.

[OkeyDokeyOkie]

There had to be an angel aboard that aircraft. The fact that there was no fire was amazing enough, but the sight of that broken C-5 Galaxy makes one wonder how all 17 aboard survived such a destructive crash. To that angel--thank you!

[Berosus]

Are the DU moonbats mourning yet? You know they cheer when they hear about one of our boys getting killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.

[BubbaJunebug]

Whoa...damn. SOB must be made of cast iron

[pageonetoo]

Boing, Boeing...

[umgud]

I spent some time years ago at Travis AFB working around these things. All I can say is they are HUGH!!

[SandRat]

I don't know. Last time I went to DU I had to call the ORKIN Man and then ROOTER-ROOTER to get my PC cleaned up; so I don't venture there anymore.

[vigilante2]

Thank God

That must have been a scary ride

[Marine_Uncle]

Sure glad they all got out.

[ExcursionGuy84]

Actually.....I think the C5 Galaxy airframes were manufactured by the house of McDonnell-Douglas.

[razorback-bert]

I was just watching one do touch & go yesterday.

[Trueblackman]

i know I am a NAVY Vet, but mad props to the aircrew, for not only bring this plane down, but for ensuring that no one on the ground was killed. I am sure the pilots and crew remained cool under pressure and granted it is a crack up, the job was a professional one.

First round for these guys is on me!!!

[pfflier]

Great news!

[OldFriend]

Heard some dope talking head say that most of the crew was released on their own recognizance. Oh, were they criminals being indicted or charged with crimes?

[razorback-bert]

If you have never seen one land, they look as if they are going so slow, they will fall out of the sky before they touch down.

[SandRat]

These guys need the Broken Wing Pinned on them. That had to be scarier than the first trap at sea.

[DugwayDuke]

Once back in the 70s, they landed a C-5A at West Fort Hood air base. I drove in early in the morning with a lot of ground fog. You went up over a ridge then down into a valley approaching the air base. As I topped the ridge, I drove out of the fog. Coolest thing, the tail fin of the C-5A stuck out above the fog. Just a huge lake of fog with this huge tail fin sticking up in the air.