even modernized, those planes are old. OLD old. They all used to be packed with vacuum tubes sort of old. The last one ever built left the assembly line in 1962. 64 years ago.
Well, that’s a Boeing, so a small percentage of crashes are to be expected.
They were built so long ago that it was back when Boeing’s engineering reputation was good.
Well did a wave hit it? Was it made with cardboard or any cardboard derivatives?
It is not immediately clear if there are any injuries.
Edit - newer info:
Monday afternoon, the base said eight people were on the aircraft during a routine test mission.
“Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable,”It’s not like there’s ejection seats but it would be fuckin wild if someone managed to jump out of the bomb bay.
bomb bay
It’s been renamed to Mumbai
It’d’ve been wild if someone had managed to jump out the Mumbai
So they don’t have ejection seats.
That doesn’t bode well.
What, exactly, is your point? Aircraft crash without the crew being injured quite frequently.
I don’t know how you interpreted their comment, but I see it as a helpful heads up for the first question people ask when reading the headline.
An ML being helpful is a first for me.
It crashed in a big fireball, as aircraft full of fuel tend to do. Fun fact, many of these dump their fuel – or used to–before they land.
Yeah dumping fuel is standard before attempting any risky landing in any plane. You want to minimize the changes of a fire all. That takes quite a while though. Definitely not something happening on takeoff when it’s fully loaded and fueled.
The point was: my first question reading the headline - how many were injured.
So I went and read the article, then quoted it here so people don’t need to do the same.
Human life is still human life. I don’t wish death or injury on anyone. *Except in maybe 5 special cases (but out of billions it is not a bad ratio)
Oh no, poor US nazis. Cry me a river.
Wait what the hell is a Stratofortress? i only know that as the stratovarius song.
(I’m not allowed to view the article for some reason, access denied)
How the hell have you not heard of the B-52 stratofortress?
Image from the article
What a wildly disproportionate-looking aircraft
It’s because the cargo they’re built to carry is very dense, hence the very slim fuselage.
There is a reason it has the nickname BUFF.
Big Ugly Fat Fuck.
To be fair that’s an upward angle on a plane taking off, with the flaps fully extended for maximum lift.
This is what a B-52 looks like when in a regular flight configuration.
It’s still kinda janky looking tbh. Like someone put a commercial airliner in MS Paint and just stretched everything away from where the wings meet the fuselage.
ohhh no the poor genociders. 🙁
Ooooh. Geno’s Hard Cider would be a great brand name.
The USA is ran by fascist who work for the capitalist. They are unpopular and willing to false flag in order to build up the already bloated military budget. The rift between israel and the USA is just for show. Netinyahoo isn’t really in charge. People need to remember the capitalist are in charge. Fascist are the useful idiots of empire
This would be a terrible idea for a false flag, this is an aircraft older than the typical US senator, operating from a base in the middle of the USA. It’s most likely that this was a mechanical issue.
this is an aircraft older than the typical US senator
Let’s not get too hasty, the B-52H variant was first produced in 1961, making it 65 years old. A 65 year old incumbent senator still has three, maybe four good decades left in office…
And whay link yout rant has with the current topic?
