Pilot Error Led to C-17 Crash

A military probe has concluded that pilot error was to blame for the crash of a giant C-17 cargo plane after takeoff from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson last July.  All four on board the aircraft died. Investigators are not saying which of the four was piloting the plane,which stalled after making too abrupt a turn after takeoff from the base.  The plane was too low to have room to recover, and hit the ground. The casualties were Major Michael Freyholtz of Hines, Minnesota;  Major Aaron Malone of Anchorage; Captain Jeffrey Hill of York,Pennsylvania; and Master Sergeant Thomas Cicardo, an Alaska Air National Guardsman from Anchorage.The Associated PressDownload Audio (MP3)