In spite of all our differences, the one thing that binds all living creatures is that we each have an expiration date. This finality to our existence is what makes life special, something to be cherished and protected. But occasionally things can go terribly wrong…
Jun
7th
Author: Taz |
Files under Aircraft, Damage: High
The U.S. military has released a stunning video of a B-2 bomber crashing in Guam in February. The pilot and co-pilot ejected and survived the crash, but the $1.4 billion jet was a total loss. That’s billion with a capital “B”!
So what brought down the most technologically advanced bomber in history? Moisture in the system caused the jet’s computers to calculate the wrong airspeed. This in turn forced the jet’s nose to turn up suddenly, the B-2 then stalled, the left wing grazed the runway, and the jet fell to the ground, exploding in a fireball. This is the first jet in the fleet of twenty-one B-2 bombers to crash.
