onsdag 29. april 2015

Refuelling KC-135R dropped off radar - Landed safely


US Air Force refuelling jet lands safely at British base after disappearing off radar over English Channel

  • Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker left Amiens in northern France at 0.05am
  • Last reported on flight tracking website south of Dover 15 minutes later
  • It's unclear why QID72 plane declared an emergency early this morning
  • But US Air Force confirmed that it landed at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk

A US Air Force refuelling aircraft disappeared off the radar over the English Channel last night but has since landed safely in Britain.

The Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker left Amiens in northern France at 0.05am local time (11.05pm BST) and was last reported on a flight tracking website between Dover and Calais 15 minutes later.

It is not yet known why the plane - flying under the code QID72 and based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk - fell off the radar at 0.20am.

Despite the confusion the jet landed safely at its base in East Anglia an hour later, the US Air Force confirmed.

Refuelling aircraft: The Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (file picture) left Amiens in northern France overnight - but it has since landed safely

A spokesman said the aircraft experienced an in-flight emergency over the Channel.
But he said they are investigating what happened, and why the plane disappeared off radar.

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