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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

B52 Bomber Crash at Edwards ​Air ​Force: All crew members dead after Boeing Stratofortress crashed following take-off in California, all about supersonic aircraft capable of carrying nuclear warheads

B52 Bomber Crash: Eight crew members are believed ‌to ⁠have died ⁠in a B-52 bomber crash ⁠at California's ‌Edwards Air Force Base ⁠on Monday, CNN reported, citing the ‌base. An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carrying eight people on a routine test mission crashed today shortly after take-off at 11.20 am (PDT). Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable, said a statement from Edwards Air Force Base.

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber, designed to carry nuclear and conventional weapons, crashed on Monday shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, the base said. Aerial video footage of the crash scene, about 100 miles (161 km) north of Los Angeles, showed a charred, smoldering patch of the desert floor roughly the size of a football field as ‌an emergency vehicle ⁠was ⁠seen driving along the perimeter of the site.

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