ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300525
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Date: | Saturday 15 October 2022 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing KC-46A Pegasus |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | |
Location: | over North Atlantic Ocean ? -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK) |
Destination airport: | Wrightstown-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI/KWRI) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus was conducting an air-to-air refueling with an F-15 when the refueling boom forcibly broke away from and slammed back into the KC-46. The Pegasus safely landed with damage to the tail boom and tail cone.
Sources:
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/11/03/kc-46-tankers-boom-breaks-dents-plane-while-refueling-fighter-jet/ Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2022 20:06 |
harro |
Added |
04-Nov-2022 20:12 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
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