DOVER, Del.-
Five Air Force crewmen have been disciplined for their roles in an April cargo plane crash that investigators have blamed on human error, military officials said Friday.
The identities of the five airmen and the actions taken against them were withheld. An investigative report released in June cited a series of human errors by three pilots and two flight engineers.
The C-5B Galaxy aircraft was carrying supplies for U.S. troops in the Middle East when it plowed into a field near Dover Air Force Base and broke into three parts on April 3. None of the 17 people aboard was seriously hurt.
Officials said the punishments were handed down within the past month.
The crew had reported an engine problem and tried to return to base, but the aircraft stalled.
Investigators said the crew tried to throttle up an engine they had shut down while not using a fully operational engine, used flap settings that resulted in too much drag, and selected the wrong type of approach for the conditions they faced.
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