Engine drops from B-52 bomber in rural North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The military believes an engine that dropped from a B-52 bomber during a training mission this week in rural North Dakota suffered a "catastrophic failure," disintegrated and fell into a river, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said.
An in-flight emergency was declared Wednesday and the crew landed the plane safely, according to Minot Air Force Base.
Former National Transportation Safety Board chairman and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Rosenker told KFGO-AM radio that the incident is "absolutely extraordinary."