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Video: Ceremony remembering crash of Yukla 27 in Anchorage

Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of a crash of a surveillance and communications aircraft? in Anchorage that killed all 24 people aboard. The plane, known as Yukla 27, hit a flock of about 30 geese on takeoff at Elmendorf Air Force Base and plummeted into the trees near the end of the runway in 1995. A ceremony remembering the fallen is being held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, and a time capsule will be buried at the crash site following the event.

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