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Saturday, May 04, 2013

Fate Of KC-135 Stratotanker Crew Unknown After Fiery Crash

KC-135 Stratotanker |The fate of the three crew members on board a crashed Air Force tanker is unknown as of Friday afternoon PDT. It's now night time in Kyrgyzstan where the Boeing-built K-C-135 tanker plane went down. Many airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane are deployed to the airfield in Central Asia where the plane took off.

The Associated Press quoted a farmer near the crash scene in rural Kyrgyzstan who said he heard an explosion in the sky. The witness said he looked up and saw fire as the falling jet broke apart in mid-air.

The KC-135 Stratotanker is a four-engine jet built by Boeing. These do not have ejector seats.

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