Smoke rises after US air force B-52 bomber crashes in flames in California – video

A US military B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards air force base in southern California's Mojave Desert. All eight crew members aboard were presumed to have been killed, air base officials say in a statement released on Monday. The eight-engine, jet-powered Boeing aircraft – built to carry nuclear and conventional bombs – was on a routine test mission when it went down. Aerial video footage of the crash scene, about 100 miles (161km) north of Los Angeles, sho...

By Guardian Staff

US B-52 bomber crashes in California: What we know

The aircraft, one of the US Air Force's longest-used bombers, goes down during a routine test mission.

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Designed in a Dayton hotel room over one weekend, the B-52 Stratofortress has fought every US war since 1965. Eight died in Monday’s crash.

Eight dead after B-52 bomber crashes at California air base

Edwards Air Force Base is home to a large portion of the US Air Force’s aircraft test and development efforts

By Irish Independent Newsdesk

Eight die in B-52 bomber crash during test mission in California

The aircraft had been on a "routine test mission" when the crash occurred, according to a statement from Edwards Air Force Base, which added that an investigation was underway.

Eight crew believed dead in California B-52 bomber crash

Flight intended to support ​a radar modernisation program, cause of crash is unknown, under investigation

By Reuters

Eight dead after US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes in California

Eight people, including two Boeing employees, have been killed after a US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed immediately after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo