Two US Marine jets have collided off the coast of Japan during
refuelling, and search and rescue efforts are underway. The crash was
announced by the United States Marine Corps, which indicated that
Japanese search and rescue jets responded immediately to the incident.
The incident involved an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet made by McDonnell
Douglass, and a KC-130, a refuelling plane with propellers made by
Lockheed Martin. "Search and rescue operations continue for US Marine
aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around
2.00 am Dec 6," a Marine Corps news release said. It aslo added
that, “the aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from Marine
Corps Air Station Iwakuni and were conducting regularly scheduled
training when the mishap occurred. Japanese search and rescue aircraft
immediately responded to aid in recovery"US Marine jets crash mid-air during refueling off the coast of Japan
Two US Marine jets have collided off the coast of Japan during
refuelling, and search and rescue efforts are underway. The crash was
announced by the United States Marine Corps, which indicated that
Japanese search and rescue jets responded immediately to the incident.
The incident involved an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet made by McDonnell
Douglass, and a KC-130, a refuelling plane with propellers made by
Lockheed Martin. "Search and rescue operations continue for US Marine
aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around
2.00 am Dec 6," a Marine Corps news release said. It aslo added
that, “the aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from Marine
Corps Air Station Iwakuni and were conducting regularly scheduled
training when the mishap occurred. Japanese search and rescue aircraft
immediately responded to aid in recovery"
