Loring - Loring

On October 4, 1989 at 06:00 AM, Loring - Loring experienced a crash involving Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Carlingford New Brunswick.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Loring AFB on a training flight. While cruising by night along the US-Canada border, the aircraft suffered an explosion, entered a dive and crashed in an open field located in Carlingford, New Brunswick. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-3592, MSN 17341, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.7649°, -67.7884°.