3 May 2013 14:37

Kyrgyz ministry officially confirms U.S. plane crash

BISHKEK. May 3 (Interfax) - The Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry has officially confirmed that a U.S. KC-135 refueling tanker crashed in the mountains near the border with Kazakhstan.

"We officially confirm the crash of a cargo airplane near the Kazakh border," a ministry spokesman in Kyrgyzstan's Chuy Province told Interfax.

"The plane caught fire in mid-air, exploded and fell down," he said.