What the records say
- When
- 28 Jul 2010
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 61.26° N, 149.76° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 4
- Cause
- pilot error, stall
2010 United States Air Force Boeing C-17 crash
2010 plane crash in Alaska, United States
On 28 July 2010, a C-17 Globemaster III transport plane of the United States Air Force (USAF) crashed near Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska while practicing for a flight display at the upcoming Arctic Thunder Air Show. All four crew members on board were killed. It was the first, and to date only, accident of a C-17 aircraft resulting in one or more fatalities.
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