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Omega Aerial Refueling Services Flight 70
	The wreckage of Flight 70 following the accident and postcrash fire.
Accident
Date	18 May 2011
Summary	Rejected takeoff and runway excursion following engine separation damaging adjacent engine shortly after liftoff
Site	Naval Base Ventura County, Oxnard, California
Operator	Omega Aerial Refueling Services
Call sign	OMEGA 70 HEAVY
Registration	N707AR
Flight origin	Naval Base Ventura County, Oxnard, California
Destination	Naval Base Ventura County, Oxnard, California
Occupants	3
Passengers	0
Crew	0
Fatalities	0
Injuries	3
Survivors	3

Omega Aerial Refueling Services Flight 70 was an aerial refueling flight out of Naval Base Ventura County in Oxnard, California, under contract to the United States Navy. On 18 May 2011, the modified Boeing 707-300B operating the flight crashed on takeoff from Naval Base Ventura County after its #2 engine separated just after liftoff and struck and damaged the #1 engine; the aircraft ran off the runway and was subsequently destroyed by fire, but the three crewmembers were able to escape with only minor injuries.^[1]

Accident[edit]

Flight 70 experienced no unusual events prior to the attempted takeoff. At 1723 Pacific Daylight Time, the flight was cleared for takeoff from runway 21; this was planned to be followed by a left turn to a heading of 160°, after which Flight 70 would provide aerial refueling to United States Navy F/A-18 Hornet jet fighters over the Pacific. The takeoff was normal until after rotation and liftoff. When the aircraft was about 20 feet above the ground, and about 7,000 ft (2,100 m) down the 11,102-foot (3,384-meter) runway, the #2 (left inboard) engine separated from the aircraft, traveled up and over the wing, and struck the #1 (left outboard) engine, causing the #1 engine's intake cowling to separate and essentially negating the #1 engine's ability to produce useful thrust. With too little thrust to maintain flight, Flight 70 began to settle back towards the runway, and the captain aborted the takeoff and attempted to land on the remaining runway. After touching down, the aircraft ran off the left side of the runway, rolled and slid into a marsh past the end of the runway, and caught fire; the three flightcrew, with minor injuries, evacuated the aircraft before it was destroyed by fire.^[1]