B2 crash in Guam?

[tlax25]

I read a thread on another board that a B2 crashed in Guam shortly after takeoff. Pilots ejected ok. Can anyone find a link to a news report?

 

[Quimby]

http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080223/NEWS01/80223008

 

[whatitdoing?]

It's all over FOX News and CNN. What are they worth? 2 Billion? Well, at least the pilots are ok and ejected safely. Interesting to see what happened.

 

[SIG600]

Most expensive ejection ever.

 

[ackattacker]

Ouch... glad to hear nobody got hurt. $1.2 billion per is the figure CNN is touting. This might be the most expensive aircraft accident in history...

 

[JungleJett]

A friend was on the program back in the day and the cost was well above 1.2 billion a copy.

 

[AirBadger]

Has anyone in the know been able to confirm they got out safely? Its not so easy to tell after the last few day's incident...

 

[erj-145mech]

Has anyone in the know been able to confirm they got out safely? Its not so easy to tell after the last few day's incident...

You mean that all of the myriad of news stories don't convince you?
This is from the Guam Pacific Daily News:

TO THE POINT

Two pilots safely ejected before their B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Andersen Air Force Base yesterday.

 

[Huggyu2]

A friend was on the program back in the day and the cost was well above 1.2 billion a copy.

I seem to remember the program cost around $44B for 21 jets.
$2B per jet.
Geeezz: we can get 6 Raptors for that!

 

[instructordude]

I seem to remember the program cost around $44B for 21 jets.
$2B per jet.
Geeezz: we can get 6 Raptors for that!

Outraegous!

 

[Benhuntn]

Well a duck brought down a B-1 so I guess a yellow breasted plover probably brought down the B-2. Hopefully the B-3 will be bird proof.

 

[ackattacker]

No birds on Guam.. maybe it was brown tree snakes.

Enough is enough. I've had it with these Mo**** F*****g snakes on a plane.

 

[navigatro]

$1.2 BILLION!!!

That's a LOT of per diem.

I wonder if they have AVEMCO insurance???

 

[AWACoff]

That was a SNAKE we took in the captain's windshield during landing last week?!?!

 

[Gator1999]

Wow, the military really likes to wreck their pricey hardware on Guam. Not quite as expensive (only 1 billion dollars per sub) as the B2 was the crash of the USS San Francisco a few years ago (click here) when it ran aground in 525 feet of water and was there in dry dock for ages.

 

[rfresh]

Since the B-2 is a highly classified a/c, will the military will publish the cause of the accident?

 

[atrdriver]

No birds on Guam.. maybe it was brown tree snakes.

Enough is enough. I've had it with these Mo**** F*****g snakes on a plane.

There are plenty of pigeons on Guam.

 

[CEO silly sap]

will nobody take the easy joke on this.

A stealth bomber crashed in Guam.....they are still looking for it.


USAF is reviewing episodes of superfriends in order to better find the wreck of the stealth bomber...wonder woman and all.


A ground agent bumped into the wreckage...never actually saw it but did feel it...


Come on guys what your ALL from cleveland.....

so much for the veal..