The Nation - News from Feb. 22, 1989

Rescuers used bulldozers and bridge-building equipment in an attempt to reach a wrecked Air Force cargo plane in a swamp on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, but came no closer to learning the fate of the eight people aboard. The four-engine C-141B jet based at Norton Air Force Base near San Bernardino crashed and burned four miles north of Hurlburt Field, part of the base, in Florida’s panhandle Monday while on its landing approach. Seven crew members from Norton were on board, along with a military retiree who boarded during a refueling stop in Colorado, officials said.