OT Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 59-1494,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326122
 

Date:Thursday 11 January 1990
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic K35A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 59-1494
MSN: 17982/397
Year of manufacture:1960
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney TF33
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:OT
Location:Portsmouth-Pease AFB, NH (PSM) -   United States of America
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Two maintenance workers were doing maintenance work on the fuel cells inside the KC-135 tanker when a fire broke out. Both engineers escaped.

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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Mildenhall (MHZ); 15 June 1972

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