B-1B Catches Fire in Qatar

SMOC · Post by **SMOC** » 04 Apr 2008, 20:20

Apparently a bird has caught fire today in Qatar. No word on casualties, possible cause, or nature of the "crash."

EDIT:

"...A military official said details are sketchy, but initial reports are that the bomber crashed while trying to land at al_Udeid Air Base, headquarters for all Air Force air operations in the Middle East. The official spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the reports are preliminary..."

sprocky · Post by **sprocky** » 04 Apr 2008, 20:32

This is what I have found so far:

"A U.S. B-1 bomber has exploded while landing at al-Udeid military base in Qatar, according to U.S. military sources speaking to western news sources and the al-Jazeera Web site.

The base is headquarters of all American air operations in the Middle East, the military said.

There was no information on casualties."

From http://www.wlky.com/news/15795907/detail.html

sprocky · Post by **sprocky** » 04 Apr 2008, 21:33

Some more news here:

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?sect ... source=rss

Seems that the crew is safe.

jetmax · Post by **jetmax** » 04 Apr 2008, 21:42

Here is the offical Statment from PA

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123093134

alexrfixit · Post by **alexrfixit** » 05 Apr 2008, 00:28

Just glad that the crew are OK.....