India, May 5 -- A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, serving as an airborne refueling station for US military aircraft, transmitted a "7700" distress signal, indicating an in-flight emergency while traversing the Persian Gulf near Iran amidst rising tensions in the Middle East, as per Flightradar24 data and Tasnim News Agency.

However, CENTCOM or Pentagon has not given a statement on confirmation of any KC-135 crash, loss, or emergency over Qatar or the Strait of Hormuz today.

Moreover, radar drops and 7700 squawks are common there from heavy GPS/electronic jamming amid regional tensions-doesn't mean a crash.

The American aircraft departed from Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before its signals were lost over Qatar.

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