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تحطم طائرة B52 في غوام ونجاة أفراد طاقمها
أعلنت القوات الجوية الأميركية تحطم طائرة عسكرية من نوع "بي 52" الخميس في جزيرة "غوام" الواقعة غرب المحيط الهادي.
وذكرت وكالة أسوشيتد برس أن الطائرة تحطمت بعد لحظات من إقلاعها وكانت تقل سبعة أشخاص، ولم تسجل أي إصابات.
وقد فشلت الطائرة في التحليق واشتعلت بها النيران، حسب تقرير القوات الجوية الذي أكد أنها تحطمت داخل القاعدة الجوية في الجزيرة.
وترابض هذه الطائرة الحربية في غوام في إطار الوجود الحربي الأميركي الدائم في المحيط الهادي.
وتداول مغردون في موقع تويتر فيديوهات وصورا تظهر نيرانا متصاعدة من الطائرة:
Juvy Cariأ±o auf Twitter: All 7 crew members safe as B-52 crashes on Guam
All seven crew members made it out safely as their B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, the U.S. Air Force said
May 19, 2016,
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — All seven crew members made it out safely as their B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, the U.S. Air Force said. No injuries were reported.
The plane aborted on takeoff and caught fire at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday Guam time, Pacific Air Forces public affairs said in an email. It crashed on the flight line of the base.
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.
A message left with the Minot base public affairs office seeking further comment was not immediately returned.
The incident is under investigation. The Air Force is taking steps to mitigate any possible hydraulic oil and fuel contamination, said Capt. Ray Geoffroy, spokesman for Pacific Air Forces. The plane was taking off with a full load of fuel.
He said there was no danger to the community from any of the plane's weapons.
The Air Force has been rotating B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers through Guam since 2004 to boost the U.S. security presence in the Asia-Pacific region.