Air Force cargo plane crashes in Delaware

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport
plane crashed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware with 17
people on board on Monday, and their condition was unknown, an
Air Force spokeswoman said.

Emergency crews were on the scene. No further information
was available, First Lt. Marnee Losurdo said. Television images
showed the plane on the ground with the cockpit and tail
sections separated from the fuselage.

CNN television reported that the plane’s pilot had declared
an emergency in flight and tried to land, and some people after
the accident were taken to the hospital with injuries.

The C-5, made by Lockheed Martin , is one of the largest
aircraft in the world and is used for large shipments of cargo
around the globe. It normally flies with a crew of seven.

The Dover base has the U.S. military’s largest and busiest
air-freight terminal and the service flies missions to more
than 100 countries, according to the base Web site.

The weather at the base was reported as partly cloudy with
winds of 7 mph.