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Army jet makes rough landing at Elmendorf AFB


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Posted : Tuesday Oct 6, 2009 21:23:29 EDT

An Army Citation-560 aircraft was forced to perform a gear-up landing Tuesday at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, the base announced in a press release.

Three people were on board, but nobody was injured, according to the press release. The incident occurred at 3:24 p.m. Alaska time, and emergency response personnel responded to the scene.

No further information was immediately available.

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Senior Airman Matt Coleman-Foster / Air Force An Army Citation-560 aircraft was forced to perform a gear-up landing at the Elmendorf airfield Oct. 6. Emergency response personnel quickly arrived at the scene; none of the three people on were injured.

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