1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash
The 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash was a U.S. military nuclear accident in which a Cold War bomber's vertical stabilizer broke off in winter storm turbulence. The two nuclear bombs being ferried were found "relatively intact in the middle of the wreckage", according to a later U.S. Department of Defense summary, and after Fort Meade's 28th Ordnance Detachment secured them, the bombs were removed two days later to the Cumberland Municipal Airport.
A Boeing B-52D, similar to the accident aircraft | |
Accident | |
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Date | 13 January 1964 |
Summary | Structural failure |
Site | Savage Mountain, Garrett County (near Frostburg, Maryland) 39.565278°N 79.075833°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing B-52D Stratofortress |
Operator | 484th Bombardment Wing, Heavy (SAC, United States Air Force) |
Registration | 55-0060 (c/n 464012, call sign "Buzz 14") |
Flight origin | Westover Air Force Base |
Destination | Turner Air Force Base
Crash site Barton, MD Crash site in Maryland |
Crew | 5:
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Fatalities | 3 |
Survivors | 2 (Pilot, copilot) |
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