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Amman, June 16 (Petra)– Eight crew members were killed when a U.S.
Air Force B-52 bomber crashed shortly after taking off from Edwards
Air Force Base northeast of Los Angeles on Monday, according to CNN
on Tuesday.
The crew consisted of a mix of military personnel, government
officials, and civilian contractors.
In a statement, Edwards Air Force Base said that a B-52
Stratofortress aircraft carrying eight people on a routine test
mission crashed shortly after departing the base at approximately
11:20 a.m. local time.
“The U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress was conducting a routine test
flight when it crashed shortly after takeoff. Initial indications
suggest there were no survivors,” the statement said.
The accident is reported to be the deadliest involving a B-52 bomber
since 1982, when nine crew members were killed during an experimental
training flight from Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento.
//Petra// MF
