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Goldsboro B-52 crash

Emergency services at the site of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash at Faro, 12 miles north of Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA, on the night of 23rd-24th January 1961. The bomber broke up in mid-air, killing three crew and releasing two 3-4-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs. Some of the arming mechanisms on one bomb were later found to have been activated and there is still debate as to how close the bombs came to detonating. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Emergency services at the site of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash at Faro, 12 miles north of Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA, on the night of 23rd-24th January 1961. The bomber broke up in mid-air, killing three crew and releasing two 3-4-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs. Some of the arming mechanisms on one bomb were later found to have been activated and there is still debate as to how close the bombs came to detonating. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Goldsboro B-52 crash
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Credit:
Bettmann / Contributor
Editorial #:
954320296
Collection:
Bettmann
Date created:
January 24, 1961
License type:
Rights-managed
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Bettmann
Object name:
u1264719c.jpg
Max file size:
6050 x 3813 px (20.17 x 12.71 in) - 300 dpi - 10 MB