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C5 crashes near Dover AFB
ABC News | 04/03/2006

Posted on 04/03/2006 5:10:20 AM PDT by Trust but Verify

No details per ABC radio


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: c5; doverafb; planecrash; usaf
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1 posted on 04/03/2006 5:10:21 AM PDT by Trust but Verify
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Please place in breaking news. Reports of 17 people on board and some injuries.


2 posted on 04/03/2006 5:11:47 AM PDT by Trust but Verify (( ))
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To: Trust but Verify

Oh, man, I am sorry to hear this. Prayers for the crew, and anyone on the ground.


3 posted on 04/03/2006 5:11:49 AM PDT by Coop (Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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4 posted on 04/03/2006 5:12:26 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: Trust but Verify

Very reliable bird, hope the crew makes it out ok. Will be intersting to hear the cause, we haven't lost many of those at all. Prayers for the crew...


5 posted on 04/03/2006 5:13:08 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: Trust but Verify

Prayers up for the crew!


6 posted on 04/03/2006 5:14:10 AM PDT by Dinah Lord
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To: Trust but Verify

Prayers.

I believe the only other C-5 crash was in Vietnam.


7 posted on 04/03/2006 5:14:26 AM PDT by leadpenny
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The aircraft is two and a half football fields long

Nice to see that reporters still don't know jack about aircraft. It's 250 feet long. Not yards. Prayers for the crew.
9 posted on 04/03/2006 5:14:53 AM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: Trust but Verify
Oh no! Prayers for all involved!
10 posted on 04/03/2006 5:14:55 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (She left suds in the bucket, And the clothes hangin' out on the line)
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To: Dinah Lord

Prayers from TX


11 posted on 04/03/2006 5:15:33 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
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To: SlowBoat407

First take of the news item says the C-5 is two and a half football fields long.

When did we start flying aircraft carriers?


12 posted on 04/03/2006 5:15:33 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: Trust but Verify

Toured the inside of one of these mammoths once. HUGE.

13 posted on 04/03/2006 5:15:57 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Holy crap. It broke in half.


14 posted on 04/03/2006 5:16:03 AM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: all4one

Nice picture of a C-17.


15 posted on 04/03/2006 5:16:20 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: July 4th

Wow!


16 posted on 04/03/2006 5:16:28 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (She left suds in the bucket, And the clothes hangin' out on the line)
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To: Trust but Verify

Sorry for the loss!

Shows the hazards our military (at home, even in "peacetime") are constantly exposed to.


17 posted on 04/03/2006 5:17:06 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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WBOC has learned that a C-5 airplane crashed this morning in a field off of Route 9, about one mile south of the Dover Air Force Base. According to an assistant fire chief with the Dover Fire Department, the plane lost its second engine and the plane crashed. The plane was broken into three pieces: the nose, fuselage and tail. It is not known yet if there were any injuries or fatalities. According to WBOC's Laura Mazzeo, two military helicopters landed shortly after 7:30 a.m. to assist in the crash recovery efforts. More details forthcoming.

WBOC

18 posted on 04/03/2006 5:17:22 AM PDT by csvset
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"The aircraft is two and a half football fields long,"

Ummm, that doesn't sound right, 750' long?

19 posted on 04/03/2006 5:17:32 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: leadpenny

Resisting the urge to speculate. I see these birds take off over my house from time to time, and they never fail to impress me.


20 posted on 04/03/2006 5:17:44 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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