C-17 off runway excursion

[bdk]

http://www.af.mil/photos/story_photos.asp?storyID=123011269

This will keep some folks busy for a long time...

[Originalboxcar]

OOOPS!

Was ist los?

regards,

t~

[wendovertom]

Hummm . . . the thirty hours sounds long to me - my little brother was stationed there awhile back with a vehicle recovery team and he said the USAF kept that runway humming along.

Tom P.

[B-29 Super Fort]

Where is Joe Patroni aka George Kennedy from the Airport movies.

[Brad]

http://www.af.mil/photos/story_photos.asp?storyID=123011269

This will keep some folks busy for a long time...

I know nothing..........at least nothing I'm allowed to talk about.....

The accident happened on Friday night a week before the news link. I wondered how long it would be before it became public. The investigation is ongoing and won't be closed for a while. The crew was from my squadron and I know them all very well. Fortunately nobody was hurt. One of the loadmasters is a good friend of mine. So is one of the pilots. Those of you that get my occasional emails about my travels and other nonsense will remember the loadmaster (Dan) from the stories about taking the C-17 to the Dayton airshow and our road trip to France when we destroyed the rental car.

Tom,
When they say less than 30 hours, it was actually quite a bit less! She was only left laying in the dirt that long because of the investigation and it was convienient. Had there been a need, she could have been moved much faster.

[rkski]

I feel sorry for the crew. They are probably being grilled big time.

I once knew some crew members who taxied a C-141 off a taxi way into the mud at Scott AFB, Ill. The aircraft commander, who was a wing commander from one of the MAC bases was sent back to home station and retired within a month and the rest of the crew was left to assist in literally "digging" the aircraft out of the mud. Life can be cruel.