‘Unsurvivable’: Eight dead as B-52 Stratofortress crashes on take-off

‘Not survivable’: Eight believed dead as B-52 Stratofortress crashes on take-off

B-52 Stratofortress crashed during take-off at Edwards AFB, California on June 16 with eight crew aboard, all believed dead; aviation experts suspect flight-control malfunction or catastrophic engine failure during routine test operations. First B-52 crash since 2016 highlights risks of flight-testing novel systems on aging military platforms and exposes critical redundancy gaps in legacy defense aircraft infrastructure as modernization pressures increase.