U. S. Air Force 15 admitted that the same day a B-52H strategic bomber in California, Edwards Air Force Base shortly after take-off crashed, killing all 8 people on board. U. S. “Power” website“War zone” channel, said it was the U. S. military in 3 days in the second plane crash occurred.
15, the U. S. Bomber crashed, Edwards Air Force Base Fire and black smoke. B-52H bombers deployed at the base.
According to the U. S. Air Force statement, local time at 11:20 on the 15th, the B-52H strategic bomber in Edwards Airport shortly after take-off crashed. Emergency workers rushed to the scene, the cause of the accident is still under investigation, may take 6 months to know the specific answer. An analysis of radar tracking data by the US“Washington Post” showed that the bomber flew northeast at about 11:10, then gradually turned more north, and then suddenly turned northwest, and dived at more than 5,000 feet per minute. Photos and video from the scene showed the B-52H bomber crashing near the base’s main runway, burning at the scene and thick black smoke visible for miles around. The base was temporarily closed.
“Power” website“War Zone” channel, Edwards Air Force Base is the U. S. Air Force Test and development of new aircraft and weapons, the main base. The base acknowledged in a statement that the B-52H strategic bomber with eight people on board had crashed on a routine test mission and that“No one on board survived”. Reported that the accident is since 1951 B-50D bomber crashed near Edwards Air Force Base, killing eight people, the most serious accident since the base suffered. The B-52h is normally flown by a crew of five, but can carry up to 10 people. As part of the B-52H Bomber’s overall modernisation programme, the aircraft was the first test model to be fitted with the new AN/APQ-188 active electronic scanning radar, the eight people on board include military personnel, civilian government personnel and government contractors. In addition, the B-52h bomber’s ejection seat was designed to make escape difficult — its crew seat was designed to eject downward.
Before the crash, the air force had 76 B-52H bombers in service. It is the latest crash involving a B-52H since it crashed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in May 2016, but all seven crew members on board survived. Critics argue that the average fleet of B-52s is now more than 60 years old, but the air force still plans to keep them in service until 2050 with new engines and electronics. That could have been the underlying cause of the crash.
It is also the second U.S. military plane to crash in the past three days. An F/a -18 D fighter jet belonging to the United States Marine Corps crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington state on June 13, and the two pilots on board ejected to safety. (Takehiko)