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US: C-17 military cargo plane crashes & burns
Anchorage (Alaska), Jul 29: A military cargo plane crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base here on Wednesday, Jul 28 evening while on a local training missiong.
Four people were onborad the C-17 plane when it crashed and burned at around 6:14 pm.
The Air Force confirmed that the C-17 was assigned to Elmendorf's 3rd Wing. The plane reportedly crashed when it was headed east off Runway 5 and was banking left, to the north.
There are no reports on casualties yet.
The military has refused to comment.
OneIndia News
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Story first published: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 12:29 [IST]