Cargo plane crashes at Alaska base; 4 on board

Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire rising hundreds of kilometers high Wednesday night. Access to the crash site at Elmendorf Air Force Base has been closed. The C-17, from the 3rd Wing based at Elmendorf, had been carrying four people onboard doing a training demonstration for an upcoming weekend air show, Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins said.

Atkins noted the plane was not an ejection aircraft, and said no one was expected to have survived. “It's likely there are fatalities involved in this mishap,” Atkins said.

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