A military airplane crashed during takeoff at CFB Greenwood Thursday morning.

Capt. John Pulchny of 14 Wing Greenwood said the CP-140 Aurora had 17 crew members on board when it attempted to take off at about 11:15 a.m.

The plane came off the runway and slid into grass.

"The aircraft is still … on the grass and our investigators are looking into what happened," Pulchny said.

Nobody was hurt. He didn't say if the plane was badly damaged.

As it's a military incident on a base, the Department of National Defence will investigate the incident.