YIGO, Guam, May 19 (UPI) -- Seven crew members aboard a U.S. Air Force bomber escaped without injury after the aircraft crashed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
The B-52 Stratofortress, which was carrying inert munitions, aborted takeoff from the U.S. Pacific territory airbase during a routine training mission when the crash occurred about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday local time. The Air Force said all seven crew aboard left the aircraft safely. The Air Force did not say why the takeoff was aborted.