A ##ero States Air command B-52 ##7 , assigned to the Strategic Air Command and based at K.I. Sawyer field in Michigan , crashed today at 1:15 A.M. while practicing " touch - and - go " landings at its base . The plane burst into flames . None of the crew was burned , but all suffered injuries , with one in critical condition . In recent B-52 crashes , two crewmembers were killed when their aircraft clipped a mesa in Arizona , and on February 14th of this year there were no fatalities when a plane overshot a runway in California .
A United States Air Force B-52 bomber, assigned to the Strategic Air Command and based at K.I. Sawyer Airfield in Michigan, crashed today at 1:15 A.M. while practicing "touch-and-go" landings at its base. The aircraft burst into flames. None of the crew was burned, but all suffered injuries, with one in critical condition. In recent B-52 crashes, two crewmembers were killed when their aircraft clipped a mesa in Arizona, and on February 14th of this year there were no injuries when a pilot overshot a runway in California.