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| Date: | Thursday 11 January 1990 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Portsmouth-Pease AFB, NH (PSM) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Two maintenance workers were doing maintenance work on the fuel cells inside the KC-135 tanker when a fire broke out. Both engineers escaped.
Sources:
AP
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Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Mildenhall (MHZ); 15 June 1972
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