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    Post Video: AWACS Jet Nearly Crashes Into Tanker During Refueling Mission

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    Video: AWACS Jet Nearly Crashes Into Tanker During Refueling Mission

    A couple of AWACS pilots and a KC-135 tanker boom operator each probably needed a new pair of pants after this incident.
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    That scared me just watching, and I haven't flown a tanker since before half of you here were even alive!

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    Any idea what could have caused that, Moose?
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Having never flown a contact before it is pure speculation but just a case of PIO gone bad?
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