Bodies of 2 U.S. crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash site

May 04, 2013 04:03 pm | Updated 04:03 pm IST - BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s Emergencies Minister says the bodies of two American crew members have been found after a U.S. military refuelling plane crashed in rugged mountains, while the search for the third crew member continues.

Kubatbek Boronov told The Associated Press that Kyrgyz search teams found the two fragmented bodies Saturday morning. They have not yet been identified.

The KC—135 plane crashed on Friday about 160 km west of the air base that the U.S. operates in the Central Asian nation to support military operations in Afghanistan.

Officials at the U.S. Transit Center at Manas have released no information yet on the cause of the crash.

Boronov said military officials from Manas were working with Kyrgyz rescuers to search for the third crewman and the flight recorders.

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