US bomber aircraft catches fire after landing at airbase in Qatar
From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!
Friday, April 4, 2008
- 10 December 2009: 'World' stops turning for longest-running US soap opera
- 9 December 2009: Brown, Coakley win Massachusetts Senate seat primaries amid low voter turnout
- 8 December 2009: Walt Disney World twinned with Swindon, England
- 7 December 2009: Find me all the red balloons; MIT wins DARPA challenge
- 6 December 2009: Obama delays arrival to Copenhagen summit by one week
A United States Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber aircraft caught fire after landing at an air base west of Doha, Qatar. The incident happened at Al Udeid Air Base at 1820 UTC on Friday.
According to the Air Force, the fire has been contained and the flight crew safely evacuated from the aircraft.
The B-1 Lancer can carry a variety of satellite and laser-guided bombs and is able to remain over targets for long periods of time to assist in close-air support for troops on the ground. It has been widely deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In March, a B-1 slid off a runway at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam.
Sources
- "B-1 bomber burns after landing in Qatar". CNN, April 4, 2008
- Stephen Trimble "B-1B bomber catches fire on runway in Qatar". Flight International, April 4, 2008
- "B-1 plane catches fire in Qatar". BBC News Online, April 4, 2008
 Share this: |
 |
This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable.
Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators. Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections. Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age. |
