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Fleagle is right on. I also was stationed at the Lik 79-80. The crash occured on a Friday and the initial team went out to secure the area. On the following Monday morning, the Lik put together a crew to help at the crash site. 20 or so of us were put on a bus and transported to the site. The main fuselage went straight in to the hillside with all the paxs/crew. Some of the volunteers went to recover one of the engines which was not near the main crash site. Rumors were just like some of you have said, lightning or a missile, cant substantiate either. The local base rock band onboard included SSgt Billy Lancaster (fine AMMO troop) and his wife. I also believe there were at least one or two high school students in the band onboard at the time. Billy was a real good man from West Va or Tenn as I recall.