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| Date: | Thursday 6 December 2018 |
| Time: | 01:42 LT |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | VMFA(AW)-242 USMC |
| Registration: | 165416 |
| MSN: | 1453/D147 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 100 km SSE of Muroto Cape, Japan -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
| Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
A USMC F/A-18 fighter aircraft from the All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA(AW)-242), stationed on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi, Japan, with two crew onboard experienced a midair collision with a USMC KC-130 tanker aircraft with five crew onboard during refueling operations over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan.
One person of F/A-18 has been rescued alive by Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces. The other person who was found sitting on the ejected seat, was rescued but later died from the injuries sustained in the crash. All five occupants of KC-130 was still missing as of 7th December.
Sources:
https://www.businessinsider.com/2-marine-corps-aircraft-crash-during-refueling-in-japan-2018-12
https://sputniknews.com/military/201812061070424758-us-marines-search-rescue-japan/
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/search-rescue-underway-marine-corps-aircraft-missing-off/story?id=59635876&cid=social_twitter_abcn
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/12/05/search-and-rescue-off-japanese-coast-underway-after-marine-corps-c-130-and-fa-18-fighter-jet-crash/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-05/u-s-marine-f-a-18-kc-130-crash-in-sea-off-japan
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20181206-00050106-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20181207-00000150-kyodonews-soci
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/12/07/pilot-killed-military-jet-crash-japan-florida/
https://www.propublica.org/article/marines-hornet-squadron-242-crash-pacific-resilard
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/01/general-colonel-rebuked-after-marine-corps-finds-serious-flaws-fatal-crash-investigation.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2018 23:06 | Geno | Added |
| 06-Dec-2018 00:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 01:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 01:35 | Geno | Updated [Date, Time, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 01:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 15:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 17:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 18:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 19:46 | whiteshark | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 21:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 07-Dec-2018 11:31 | isamuel | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2018 17:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Damage, ] |
| 07-Dec-2018 18:53 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2018 20:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 08-Dec-2018 00:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Dec-2018 10:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 28-Dec-2019 16:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 01-Jul-2020 22:10 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 19-Aug-2020 16:13 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-Nov-2020 08:05 | rvargast17 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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