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Video: Stealth Bomber Crashes
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In February, a B-2 stealth bomber crashed in Guam. Now we know why. And we’ve got video of the scene.
On takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base, the $1.4 billion plane abruptly “pitched up, rolled and yawed to the left before plunging to the ground,” the AP describes. The reason why: “Water distorted preflight readings in three of the plane’s 24 sensors, making the aircraft’s control computer force the B-2 to pitch up on takeoff, resulting in a stall and subsequent crash.”
Luckily, “both pilots ejected safely just after the left wing made
contact with the ground in the first crash since the maiden B-2 flights
nearly 20 years ago.” Check out the video, and you’ll see just how fortunate the pilots were to make it out.<(Spotter: CA)
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