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39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Paradise Lost


Palomares, Andalucía, Spain.

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  1. Monday 17th of January 1966 (x) B-52G bomber of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command collides with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling at 9.450 m, killing three of the seven crew members
    Of the four Mk28-type hydrogen bombs the B-52G carried, three were found on land. The non-nuclear explosives in two of the weapons detonated upon impact with the ground resulting in the contamination of a 2 km2 area by plutonium. The fourth, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea, was recovered intact after a ​2 1⁄2-month-long search.