ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230424
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| Date: | Thursday 28 April 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Lockheed KC-130 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | off Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A KC-130 tanker of USMC experienced mid-air collision with an F/A-18 fighter jet of MCAS Iwakuni (IWK/RJOI), USMC, off Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, during aerial refueling. A hose was cut off and a drogue was missing by this accident. USMC rated the accident as class C at the time, launched no investigation and has not notified the occurrence to Japan. This accident was mentioned in the accident report of a similar happening with six fatalities in total on 6th December 2018, issued in September 2019, and became known by Japanese media only in November 2019.
Sources:
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20191105-00000069-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20191105-00000061-asahi-soci
Similar accident on 6th December 2018:
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20181206-0
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/219051
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2019 16:57 | isamuel | Added |
| 12-Sep-2022 10:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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