Kyrgyzstan jet grazes U.S. tanker plane
A Kyrgyz passenger jet on Tuesday grazed a U.S. military tanker plane while taking off from an airport near the Kyrgyz capital, setting the American aircraft ablaze. Nobody was injured, officials said. Kyrgyz Airlines’ Tu-154 passenger jet carrying 52 passengers and nine crew en route to the southern city of Osh, then to Moscow hit the U.S. aircraft standing on the tarmac of the Manas airport that also houses a U.S. military air base, said airport spokeswoman Ainura Tentieva. Full Story