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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Jet that grazed U.S. tanker plane in Kyrgyzstan, causing fire, serves Kyrgyz president
The Kyrgyz Airlines Tu-154 that graze a U.S. KC-135 causing a fire was the same plane that serves the country's president and prime minister, the transport minister said Wednesday.

The airliner was rolling for take off when it struck the tanker's engine and part of the left wing. It had to make an emergency landing due to wing damage.

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