Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 17 JAN 1966 |
| Tijd: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registratie: | 61-0273 |
| Constructienummer: | 18180/495 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1961-11-01 (4 years 3 months) |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 1947 |
| Motoren: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
| Botsingsslachtoffers: | slachtoffers: 3 |
| Schade: | Vernield |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Palomares (Spanje)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Militair |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Morón Air Base (OZP/LEMO), Spanje |
| Morón Air Base (OZP/LEMO), Spanje |
A USAF Boeing B-52G Stratofortress (58-0256) began its mission from Goldsboro-Seymour Johnson AFB, NC (GSB), carrying four Type B28RI hydrogen bombs on a Cold War airborne alert mission named Operation Chrome Dome. The flight plan took the aircraft east across the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea towards the European borders of the Soviet Union before returning home. The lengthy flight required two mid-air refuellings over Spain.
At about 10:30 am on 17 January 1966, while flying at 31,000 feet, the bomber commenced its second aerial refuelling with a USAF Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker (61-0273) out of Morón Air Base in southern Spain.
The planes collided, with the nozzle of the refueling boom striking the top of the B-52 fuselage, breaking a longeron and snapping off the left wing, which resulted in an explosion. All four men on the KC-135 and three of the seven men on the bomber were killed.
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» 1966 Palomares B-52 crash (Wikipedia)
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Morón Air Base en Morón Air Base bedraagt 0 km (0 miles).
De afstand tussen Morón Air Base en Morón Air Base bedraagt 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
