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8 people dead after B-52 bomber crashes at US military base
Key takeaways
- The aircraft crashed at California's Edwards Air Force base.
- "We lost eight great Americans," James Hayes, the deputy commander at Edwards Air Force base, said at a news conference.
- Aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of the aircraft that went down around 11:20 a.m. local time, the base said.
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The aircraft crashed at California's Edwards Air Force base. An investigation is now underway into the cause of the disaster.
https://p.dw.com/p/5FTEg Emergency services were responding to the aviation incident in California Image: KABC/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement Eight people were killed after a US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force base in California.
"We lost eight great Americans," James Hayes, the deputy commander at Edwards Air Force base, said at a news conference.
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