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US Air Force B-52 crashes in California
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Eight people are believed to have died after a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff
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Eight people are believed to have died after a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff
A B-52 with eight people on board crashed Monday after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California. Carter Evans reports.
Eight people are believed to have died in the B-52 crash at California's Edwards Air Force Base, officials say. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports.
The aircraft was on a routine test mission at Edwards airfield, located in the western Mojave Desert, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
"Emergency crews immediately responded to the scene, and the situation is ongoing," the base wrote in a post on X/Twitter.
A long-range bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California. NBC News' Morgan Chesky has the details.
An Air Force B-52 crashed shortly after takeoff at California's Edwards Air Force Base on Monday, the base said. Emergency crews are responding.
A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at a U.S. Air Force base in California's Mojave Desert, officials said.
The aircraft burst into flames on Monday morning shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California, officials said. The cause is still under investigation.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been used by the US military since the 1950s.
A long-range bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday from the Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Officials said emergency crews responded to the scene after the aircraft went down around 11:20 a.m.; it was not immediately clear whether there were any injuries.
An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, the base said.
