c-17 crashes in Texas - updated with link

[The Straight Story]

No link yet, just heard it on cnn.

If anyone hears more please update.

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 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 Force.

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

[TBF]

1. Nothing yet from our local news (tv, radio etc...)

will be on the lookout for it.

[tekisui]

2. Damn, that's, what, 3 aviation crashes in 24 hours?

Sad news.

[Kalyke]

4. Yeah - and four in less than a month!

[The Straight Story]

3. updated (nt)

[Grinchie]

5. In 2007 I talked to a a crew of a C-17 in Kens Pancake House in Hilo, HI

They were Air National Guard based in San Bernadino, CA on a training mission to Hawaii, and had landed in Hilo. I counted 8 people in the crew, my wife says 10.

Lets hope this was not a training mission that included more people than just the reported minimum crew.

I also think that a crew of three is not reasonable, and I would not be surprised if this number increases.

[tabatha]

6. Seems as though there may not be a crash.

http://twitter.com/breakingnewson