After landing the C-17 had to back up the length of the runway, and with its wings hanging far over the bare dirt on either side, it sucked a lot of dirt and grit into its engines.

C-17滑跑时油门开到了最大，它的宽大的机翼掠过跑道两边的土地时带起了很大的烟尘，想来它的引擎里也吸了不少灰。

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Instead, another plane -- probably the smaller C-17, with its short landing and takeoff characteristics -- would be the likely choice for the first hop out of Afghanistan.

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At that point, the captain of the Air Canada jet and the C-17 pilots flashed their planes' landing lights at each other to acknowledge their position.

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