Search for crashed US plane suspended

Search for a US refueling plane, which crashed in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, has been suspended until the morning. So far, the search has brought no results.

However, rescuers don’t rule out that the plane’s crew have managed to eject themselves from the plane before the catastrophe.
The plane “KC-135”, which belonged to a US transport center in the airport in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, was flying to Afghanistan with about 90 tons of fuel on board. The plane left the airport at about 2.30 p.m., but several minutes later, any connection with the plane was broken.

Witnesses say that the plane crashed at a gorge high in the mountains in about 60 kms from Bishkek. After the plane hit the ground, it fell into three parts, and its burning fragments were scattered within the radius of 1 km.