USMC Reserves Halts Flights Of KC-130T Tankers; Investigation Continues Of Deadly Crash

July 28 2017

USA

The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve has grounded its fleet of KC-130T tanker aircraft after a deadly crash in Mississippi earlier this month, reports the Stars and Stripes, citing a Reserve spokeswoman.

The KC-130T went down on July 10 in LeFlore County, about 85 miles north of Jackson, killing 15 Marines and a sailor.

The spokeswoman said on Thursday that the fleet had been grounded indefinitely "out of an abundance of caution" pending an investigation.

The service's 12 KC-130Ts...

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