A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after taking off from a base close to Los Angeles.
‘A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff on the Edwards airfield at 11.20am’, the base said on Facebook. ‘Emergency crews immediately responded to the scene and the situation is ongoing.’
It is not immediately clear if there are any injuries.
The crash left a towering black plume at Edwards Air Force Base, located in California’s Mojave Desert, northeast of Los Angeles.
A large blackened scar is left on the runway but no parts of the wreckage are immediatly visible in local news footage.
The airfield is closed, inbound aircraft are being diverted and all non-commercial visitor passes are suspended until further notice as the base focuses on its emergency response, it said.
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