C-17 Crashes in Texas

[USAF Pilot 07]

Not much yet released about it. Crashed around Wichita Falls, TX...

http://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 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.

[T-Bird76]

Wow not a good 48 hours for air travel... Even this morning an ERJ went off the runway in Istanbul, Turkey. Four major accidents in 48 hours, I can't recall that ever taking place before excluding 9/11.

[ChrisW]

This story is NOT true.

http://tinyurl.com/c7t7js

[Matt Molnar]

Very strange. Not only did local authorities receive reports of a crash, which of course could have been wrong, but the Air Force itself said there was a crash, according to CNN.

[T-Bird76]

This story is NOT true.

http://tinyurl.com/c7t7js

Its a conspiracy I tell ya!

[USAF Pilot 07]

Sounds like C-17 was on a low-level, someone saw said C-17, C-17 went behind a hill, said person came to wrong conclusion that it must have crashed...

Interesting how CNN was reporting that an Air Force spokesperson confirmed that the aircraft had crashed. Either CNN really wanted to be the first to break the story and is providing false information, or there is a really really bad Air Force spokesperson working at Sheppard....