Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crash, Sep 26, 2006, Bishkek-M...
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker accident on September 26, 2006 near Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan with no fatalities. Cause: The Kyrgyz controller...
- Date: September 26, 2006
- Aircraft: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Location: Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: The Kyrgyz controller cleared the Tu-154 for takeoff without confirming the tanker was clear of the runway. The US investigation also cited the crew, conflicting airport notices and the liaison's role as contributing factors.
A KC-135R that had just landed at Manas after a combat mission was parked where the runway meets a taxiway when a departing Tu-154 struck it in the evening. The airliner's wing hit the tanker's No. 1 engine and left wing, but the Tu-154 returned safely. No one on the Tu-154 was hurt, and one tanker crew member had minor abrasions.