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Japanese KC-767 damaged

7:19 pm on December 15 2008
By Threat Watcher
Filed in: Air
Tagged with: 767, Boeing, Damaged, Japan, JASDF, Tanker

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Originally uploaded by Midwest Tail Chasers Aviation Photography

According to the DEW Line blog over at FlightGlobal – one of the two 767 airborne tankers delivered to the JASDF was damaged during an emergency landing earlier today.

DEW Line has link to Japanese statement – and someone’s attempt to translate the statement to English.

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One Response to “Japanese KC-767 damaged”

1. 7:19 pm on December 15 2008, Threat Watcher said:

   This turned into a non-incident. The refueling boom would not retract and so when the plane came into land, the boom dragged (causing the damage) and starting a small fire (sparks due to the boom being dragged).

   Ares has a picture of the plane sitting intact (on the main gear) on the runway.

   http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a4cc6dd4d-a73b-46b8-844c-d23fd6b41cfe