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Hope everybody is OK but this doesn't sound good.
1 posted on 05/03/2013 3:00:12 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Those 707’s are getting old.


2 posted on 05/03/2013 3:06:19 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Looked like an aft CG problem when I saw it. Whoever loaded and secured the cargo goofed IMHO.


4 posted on 05/03/2013 3:20:56 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

No one survives a KC-135 crash on take off, most are over 50 years old.


5 posted on 05/03/2013 3:24:40 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

http://www.kxly.com/news/national-news/kc135-crashes-in-kyrgyzstan/-/101562/20003044/-/view/print/-/ill1x3/-/index.html

“He said witnesses calling in on a hotline said they saw a parachute when the plane was falling. Others said they saw an explosion and the plane was broken in half.”

Prayers there was at least one parachute.


7 posted on 05/03/2013 3:54:49 PM PDT by bgill (The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

The US Air Force has about 550 KC-135 Stratotankers in service.

Prayers up for the crew and their families.

13 posted on 05/03/2013 5:16:19 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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