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Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Video: The C-17 Globemaster that made an "unscheduled stop" at Tampa's Peter O. Knight departs from the small regional airport

July 21, 2012 David Cenciotti

The U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III belonging to the 305th Air Mobility Wing that mistakenly landed at Tampa’s Peter O. Knight Airport in, Florida at the end of a ferry flight from southwest Asia, […]

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Video: C-17 Globemaster III tactical airlifter lands at the wrong airport in Florida

July 21, 2012 David Cenciotti

On Jul. 20, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III belonging to the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire AFB, New Jersey, mistakenly landed at Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa, Florida. The plane, with […]