kids encyclopedia robot

Image: GreenRampWreckage

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image(1,522 × 1,043 pixels, file size: 1.8 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Green Ramp disaster: The wreckage of a C-141 aircraft at Pope Air Force Base after being hit by an out-of-control F-16 on March 23, 1994. The resulting fire killed 24 U.S. Army paratroopers waiting nearby. The aerial view, taken one day after the accident, shows the extent of the damage to the C-141 Starlifter after the F-16D Falcon crashed and hit the unoccupied C-141 parked on the tarmac. Published in Airman Magazine, May 1994. (Released to Public)
Title: GreenRampWreckage
Credit: aviation-safety.net
Author: DoD photo by: MARCUS CASTRO
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine