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Postby Mictheslik » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:59 am

B52 crash off the coast of Guam....seems like the two pilots ejected but 6 members of the crew are still missing....let's hope they are found soon :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7516967.stm

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Re: BUFF down.....

Postby a1 » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:50 am

Oh dear. Yes lets hope they can be found soon. I hate to see an aircraft like that go down. :(
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Re: BUFF down.....

Postby Ivan » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:14 pm

Takeoff crash whitout ejection seats... dont expect much
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Re: BUFF down.....

Postby Boikat » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:46 pm

Takeoff crash whitout ejection seats... dont expect much


They were well off into their flight and the BUFF has ejection seats.

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Re: BUFF down.....

Postby DaveSims » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:13 pm

Last I heard, the two they found were dead, and the other four are still missing.  Sounds like there weren't even any radio communications, so no one knows why it happened.  Odds are, we may never.
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Re: BUFF down.....

Postby Anark » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:24 pm

Apparantly all 6 are dead.
In addition to the two recovered they have so far only found 'remains'.
My thoughts go out to their families.
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