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nitpicked

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:27 AM Yesterday

Two remaining crew members from US plane crash confirmed dead [View all]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gqjyk0vx3t
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10:22
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Two crew members who were unaccounted for after a refuelling plane crashed over western Iraq yesterday have been confirmed as having https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gqjyk0vx3tdied, the US military says.

It means all six people on board the KC-135 Stratotanker lost their lives in the incident.

US Central Command has not confirmed why the aircraft crashed, but said two planes were involved in the incident - the second of which landed safely - and no hostile or friendly fire was involved.
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RIP newdeal2 Yesterday #1
... SheltieLover Yesterday #2
So what happened? Johnny2X2X Yesterday #3
Sounds to me like the KC135 was trying to refuel another plane and there Liberal In Texas Yesterday #5
Other plane was also a KC-135 Prairie Gates Yesterday #7
Mid-air collision VMA131Marine Yesterday #6
Remember, these planes carry no parachutes or ejection systems obamanut2012 Yesterday #4
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