Cargo Plane Crashes At AK Base; 4 People On Board
A board of military
officers plans to investigate a plane crash that witnesses say sent
a fireball rising hundreds of feet over an Air Force base near
downtown Anchorage.
Authorities say the plane was on a local training run Wednesday
evening when it crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
They gave no immediate word on casualties, but Lt. Gen. Dana
Atkins noted that the plane was not an ejection aircraft and said
it was "likely nobody escaped."
He said late Wednesday that "It's likely there are fatalities
involved in this mishap."
Air Force spokesman says four people were onboard the C-17.
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