Although the rain had stopped, winds were expected to force crash site crews to halt work overnight, said Faye Williams, a spokeswoman at Robins Air Force Base. You don't want to have a problem with stabilization. Three Army personnel and 18 Air National Guard members were killed when the transport plane crashed Saturday morning south of Macon and burst into flame. Sunday, skies were overcast and winds were strong as about 150 workers searched slowly through the wreckage. Randy Noller, spokesman in National Guard Bureau in Washington.
Slippery mud makes it a relatively dangerous site.
Scott Covode at Robins Air Force Base said site crews included investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and the military. And there were plenty of people there to help. Del. In-flight data and voice recorders have been found, but investigators don't know yet if they were working, said Col. Dan Woodward, an Air Force spokesman. It's an obvious criteria to look at. The area could be reached only by a dirt road marked by gullies carved by the heavy weekend rains.