Friday, May 3, 2013

US Refueling Plane Explodes Over Kyrgyzstan

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker exploded in mid air, over Kyrgyzstan, on Friday afternoon.

The remnants of the KC-135 refueling plane came down over a three mile area, near the village of Chaldovar.

At the time of the explosion, the plane had about eighty tons of fuel aboard.

Captain Mark T. Voss, Captain Victoria A. Pinckney, and Technical Sergeant Herman Mackey III were killed in the crash.
  Military officials are investigating what could have caused the explosion.

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