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A C-17 cargo plane crash in Alaska is confirmed by the Air Force.
The Air Force confirms that four people were on board when a military C-17 cargo plane crashed on Wednesday. The location of the C-17 crash was Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. The Air Force at a news conference would not comment on whether the passengers survived the crash.
Air Force confirmed the plane was on a training run. This is the Base’s worse air crash since a 1995 event took the lives of 24. Other reports claim this is the first fatal crash for the C-17 since it went into circulation nearly a decade ago. The time of the crash reportedly was 6:30 PM local time, just outside of Anchorage. Anchorage Fire Captain Bryan Grella described the sound and smoke of the crash. “It was a big, gray plume of smoke, and I saw a fireball go up in it.”
Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins said he beleived “nobody escaped” from the crash. “It’s likely there are fatalities involved in this mishap”.
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