The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is currently the primary heavy military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force.
They are actively used for the delivery of troops, military equipment, and other cargo. Such intensive exploitation is accompanied by various incidents. Like what happened at the end of last week at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina.
The released video shows that the left part of the fuselage is in flames in the area of the landing gear of the aircraft that is parked in the parking lot. Clouds of thick black smoke rise into the sky.
It is interesting that there is a similar board nearby, very close, but there are no attempts to evacuate it from a potentially dangerous place.
The fire crews who arrived in time managed to eliminate the fire, not allowing the fire to destroy the entire plane. However, judging by the footage from the scene of the incident, the damage is quite serious, and it will take a long and expensive repair before this aircraft returns to service.
All the circumstances of the accident are currently being investigated.
More than two hundred Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft serve in the US armed Forces.
With their own take-off weight of more than 265,000 kg, they are able to transport cargo weighing 77,500 kg over a distance of more than 4,400 km. The maximum speed is 833 km/h. Crew - 3 people.
Last month, it was reported that the F-22 Raptor fighter broke the landing gear during landing, and he "nodded" with his nose. Also in March, a US Marine Corps F-35B fired a 25 mm cannon at itself.
Alexey Moiseev
