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
A Boeing B-52D, similar to the accident aircraft
Three days prior the Savage Mountain accident, a similar incident occurred in which a B-52H lost its vertical stabilizer over New Mexico. The crew was able to maintain control and landed safely.
On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and cr
1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash
…1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash 1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash American Airlines Flight 587…
Memorial and wreckage of B-52 on Elephant Mountain
A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress similar to the aircraft involved