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Air Force C-130 crashes while fighting wildfire
An Air Force C-130 crashed will dropping fire retardant on a wildfire in South Dakota. Six crew members were on board the C-130, but no official word on casualties.
By Dan Elliott and Mead Gruver, Associated Press / July 2, 2012
An Air Force C-130 drops fire retardant on a section of the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another C-130 crashed near the Black Hills of South Dakota while fighting a wildfire Sunday. Three of the six crew members were reportedly hospitalized.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
An Air Force cargo plane has crashed while fighting a wildfire in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but there's no official word on death or injuries, authorities said Monday.
The C-130 plane crashed as it was dropping fire retardant Sunday, according to the U.S. Northern Command, the military operation that is responsible for putting the Air Force firefighting planes into service.
David Eaker of the Great Basin Incident Management Team said six people were aboard. No other information has been released, including the plane's home base.
Fall River County, S.D., sheriff's officials told the Rapid City Journal three crew members were taken to a hospital. Military officials said they could not comment.
An Air Force C-130 crashed will dropping fire retardant on a wildfire in South Dakota. Six crew members were on board the C-130, but no official word on casualties.
By Dan Elliott and Mead Gruver, Associated Press / July 2, 2012
An Air Force C-130 drops fire retardant on a section of the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another C-130 crashed near the Black Hills of South Dakota while fighting a wildfire Sunday. Three of the six crew members were reportedly hospitalized.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
An Air Force cargo plane has crashed while fighting a wildfire in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but there's no official word on death or injuries, authorities said Monday.
The C-130 plane crashed as it was dropping fire retardant Sunday, according to the U.S. Northern Command, the military operation that is responsible for putting the Air Force firefighting planes into service.
David Eaker of the Great Basin Incident Management Team said six people were aboard. No other information has been released, including the plane's home base.
Fall River County, S.D., sheriff's officials told the Rapid City Journal three crew members were taken to a hospital. Military officials said they could not comment.
