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.

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