ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319527
Date: | Thursday 6 December 2018 |
Time: | 02:00 |
Type: | Lockheed Martin KC-130J |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
Registration: | 167981 |
MSN: | 5617 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 100 km SSE off Muroto Cape, Japan -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
Destination airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
Narrative:A USMC F/A-18 fighter aircraft with two crew onboard experienced a midair collision with a USMC KC-130J tanker aircraft with 5 crew onboard during refueling operations over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan.
Both F/A-18 crewmen were rescued by Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces. One later died.
The search for the crew of the KC-130, attached to the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152), was abandoned on December 11, 2018.
Sources:
III MEF Marines press release U.S. Marines abandon search for five missing aircrew after crash near Japan (washingtonpost.com, 11 Dec. 2018) Location
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