The airfield where the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday remained closed, but other base operations have resumed.

Edwards Air Force Base said emergency responders were on the scene.

The US Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Eight people were killed after a US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed shortly after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert on Monday.