B-52 crashes at Guam air base, no injuries reported | Inquirer News

B-52 crashes at Guam air base, no injuries reported

/ 10:48 AM May 19, 2016

Guam Bomber Crash

Smoke from the crash of a B-52 is seen on the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base from Mt. Santa Rosa, Yigo Guam, Thursday, May 19, 2016. The U.S. Air Force said Thursday a B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, but all seven crew members made it out safely. No injuries were reported. RICK CRUZ/THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP

HAGATNA, Guam — The US Air Force said Thursday a B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, but all seven crew members made it out safely. No injuries were reported.

The plane aborted on takeoff and caught fire at about 8:30 a.m., Pacific Air Forces public affairs said in an email. It crashed on the flight line of the base.

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The bomber was deployed to Guam from Minot, North Dakota, as part of the military’s continuous bomber presence in the Pacific, The Air Force said. The crew members are with the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and were performing a routine training mission, it said.

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The incident is under investigation. Officials were taking steps to mitigate possible unspecified environmental effects, the Air Force said.

The Air Force has been rotating B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers through Guam since 2004 to boost the US security presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

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A B-52 crashed off Guam in 2008, killing all six crew members on board. That plane had been flying around the island as part of Guam Liberation Day celebrations, marking the day when the US military arrived to retake control of the island from Japan during World War II. The B-52 had been scheduled to conduct a flyover in a parade.

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Guam is a US territory 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.

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