1966 Palomares B-52 crash

When

17 Jan 1966

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

37.25° N, 1.80° W

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

7

Cause

aviation accident

Collision between a USAF B-52G and KC-135 over the Mediterranean Sea near Spain

The Palomares accident occurred on 17 January 1966, when a United States Air Force B-52G bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Spanish village of Palomares in Almería province.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1966 Palomares B-52 crash: A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “über der südspanischen Stadt Palomares stürzt bei einer Luftbetankung ein US-Bomber mit 4 Atombomben an Bord ab”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accident nucléaire de Palomares au large des côtes espagnoles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “американский бомбардировщик B-52 с термоядерным оружием на борту столкнулся над Испанией с самолётом-заправщиком KC-135”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Carl Brashear, el primer buzo afroestadounidense, sufre un accidente en la misión de recuperación de las bombas caídas en Palomares”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حادث نووي قبالة السواحل الاسبانية”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “水素爆弾を搭載したアメリカのB-52爆撃機がスペインのパロマレス沖でKC-135空中給油機と衝突、水爆を搭載したまま墜落（パロマレス米軍機墜落事故）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page