Eight people died in the crash of a bomber in California.… (бомбардировщик · погибнуть · эдвардс)

Eight people died in the crash of a bomber in California. Preliminary information indicates that all eight crew members of the strategic B-52 Stratofortress bomber were killed during its crash in the United States.

Consensus

• Eight crew members died in the crash
• The aircraft was a B-52 Stratofortress
• The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base
• The flight was a planned test flight
• The crash happened in California, near Los Angeles

Points of divergence

• The crash was the deadliest B-52 accident since 1982, when nine crew members died during testing at a base near Sacramento — vedomosti
• The cause of the crash has not yet been disclosed by military authorities — vesti
• An Apache helicopter was shot down by an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, with both crew members evacuated — vesti
• The crew included military personnel, government civilians, and contractors, with two Boeing employees on board — vedomosti
• The aircraft crashed about 160 km north of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert — kommersant