Air Force C-17 crashes in Texas

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www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/23/texas.plane/index.html

(CNN) -- An Air Force C-17 plane crashed Monday near Olney, Texas, a spokesman for Sheppard Air Force Base said.


The C-17 is used for airlift of troops and cargo to operating bases.

The C-17 is a large, military transport aircraft.

Olney is about 130 miles west of Dallas, Texas.

The C-17 measures 174 feet long (53 meters) with a wingspan of 169 feet, 10 inches (51.75 meters).

The aircraft is operated by a crew of three -- pilot, copilot and loadmaster, according to the Air


No details,,

Any local input??

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This is 15 miles from my hometown. Local paper said search called off. Sounds like a low level flight and the local cowboys thought something different.

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/mar/23/strongsearch-down-aircraft-called-strong/

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Now they are saying the reports are false, there was no crash... (Rosewell?)

Glad no one was hurt

[Ret10Echo]

MSM...trying to be "first"...

Could have been some over-enthusiastic ranch hand who has never seen a low-level flight up close and personal….or the crew was goofing off buzzing cacti and didn’t think anyone was around :eek:


Betcha the Ops shack checked flight plans and a certain crew may have been engaged in a VERY one-sided discussion….

[Team Sergeant]

MSM...trying to be "first"...

Could have been some over-enthusiastic ranch hand who has never seen a low-level flight up close and personal….or the crew was goofing off buzzing cacti and didn’t think anyone was around :eek:


Betcha the Ops shack checked flight plans and a certain crew may have been engaged in a VERY one-sided discussion….

I agree. (I wondered if maybe the bird did some "touch and go's" on some lonely stretch of Texas highways....;))

Also, if a C-17 crashed there would be no need for a "search" the smoke plume would be seen for maybe 100 miles......:rolleyes: