4 US crew killed in Iraq plane crash
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An investigation continues after six U.S. service members were killed when their KC-135 plane crashed in western Iraq. Here's what to know.
A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while taking part in operations linked to the war with Iran, according to US Central Command. Four out of the six crew members of the aircraft have been killed in the crash,
It first flew in 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. It carries 200,000 pounds of fuel, siphoned away mid-air through a metal tube. And it doesn’t have parachutes, trapping crews during a crash.