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More photos released of Guam B-2 crash
Posted : Friday Jul 18, 2008 12:43:51 EDT
More pictures of the stealth bomber crash at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, were released this month by Air Combat Command.
The pictures show the immediate aftermath of the Feb. 26 crash as fire fighters and other emergency crews struggle to extinguish flames from the B-2 Spirit bomber and inspect an ejection seat. The wreckage burned for six hours.
The photos were not among the pictures released in June when Air Combat Command issued the results of an accident investigation board inquiry. The board determined the $1.4 billion jet crashed shortly after taking off because water trapped in several sensors along the nose of the B-2 led sensors to send false information to the pilots and the plane’s navigation computers.
The automated navigation system, responding to incorrect data about the plane’s speed, altitude and angle, suddenly pitched the bomber’s nose upward, causing it to lose lift and fall to the ground.
The two pilots, Maj. Ryan Link and Capt. Justin Grieve of Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., safely ejected before the jet’s left wing touched the ground, sending the bomber into a fiery 2,100-foot-long slide.
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