Officials confirmed Tuesday that all eight crew members aboard a US Air Force B-52 bomber did not survive its crash at a California airbase shortly after takeoff Monday evening. Heavy smoke from the wreckage was documented by US media and social networks.
The Pentagon has confirmed what was initially feared: all eight crew members of the U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed Monday evening did not survive. The heavy strategic bomber went down shortly after takeoff from a U.S. Air Force base in California. As The Zioneer reported at 23:33 Monday, the Pentagon first confirmed the loss of the aircraft without providing crew status. By 01:17 Tuesday, unconfirmed reports indicated eight fatalities. The official confirmation, which arrived in the early hours of Tuesday, now matches those reports. Images of thick smoke rising from the crash site have circulated in U.S. media and on social networks. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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