Descripción:
Crashed into the sea during climb out due to extremely low level windshear. The airplane was one of four departing on a refuelling mission over the South China Sea.
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | viernes 19 diciembre 1969 |
| Tipo: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 56-3629 |
| Numéro de série: | 17378/68 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1958-03-18 (11 years 9 months) |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 6794 |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | de la costa de Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ) ( Taiwan)
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| Fase: | Ascenso Inicial (ICL) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ), Taiwan |
| Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ), Taiwan |
Crashed into the sea during climb out due to extremely low level windshear. The airplane was one of four departing on a refuelling mission over the South China Sea.
Fuentes:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, IIIFotos
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