1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident (sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (/ˈtuːli/); Danish: Thuleulykken) involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland. The aircraft was carrying four B28FI thermonuclear bombs on a Cold War "Chrome Dome" alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before they could carry out an emergency landing at Thule Air Base. Six crew members ejected safely, but one who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to bail out. The bomber crashed onto sea ice in North Star Bay, Greenland, causing the conventional explosives aboard to detonate and the nuclear payload to rupture and disperse, resulting in radioactive cont
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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident (sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (/ˈtuːli/); Danish: Thuleulykken) involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland. The aircraft was carrying four B28FI thermonuclear bombs on a Cold War "Chrome Dome" alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before they could carry out an emergency landing at Thule Air Base. Six crew members ejected safely, but one who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to bail out. The bomber crashed onto sea ice in North Star Bay, Greenland, causing the conventional explosives aboard to detonate and the nuclear payload to rupture and disperse, resulting in radioactive cont
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1968年美国图勒空军基地B-52坠毁事件，是一起发生在19 ...... 09年3月，时代杂志认为这次事故是世界上最严重的一起核事故。
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Aféra Thulegate je dobře zdoku ...... hem známější aférou Watergate.
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Der Absturz einer B-52 nahe de ...... öpfen der mitgeführten Waffen.
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Het vliegtuigongeluk bij Thule ...... trokken waren bij het ongeluk.
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L'accident de Thulé, également ...... les années suivant l'accident.
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L’accident de Thule fou l'esta ...... làndia el 21 de gener de 1968.
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O Acidente da Base Aérea de Th ...... çamento de mísseis soviéticos.
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On 21 January 1968, an aircraf ...... the years after the accident.
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Se conoce como accidente de Th ...... marca) el 21 de enero de 1968.
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Авиакатастрофа над базой Туле ...... етвёртой остаётся неизвестной.
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Map of Greenland showing the location of Thule on its northwestern shore
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A B-52G, similar to the one that crashed at Thule Air Base
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1968-01-21
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base
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west of Thule Air Base , Greenland
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1968年美国图勒空军基地B-52坠毁事件，是一起发生在19 ...... 09年3月，时代杂志认为这次事故是世界上最严重的一起核事故。
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Aféra Thulegate je dobře zdoku ...... hem známější aférou Watergate.
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Der Absturz einer B-52 nahe de ...... dem Flugzeug tödlich verletzt.
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Het vliegtuigongeluk bij Thule ...... el heeft gebruikt.
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L'accident de Thulé, également ...... ardier s'écrase sur la banquis
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L’accident de Thule fou l'esta ...... làndia el 21 de gener de 1968.
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O Acidente da Base Aérea de Th ...... s das quatro bombas nucleares.
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On 21 January 1968, an aircraf ...... resulting in radioactive cont
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Se conoce como accidente de Th ...... marca) el 21 de enero de 1968.
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Авиакатастрофа над базой Туле ...... е серьёзных ядерных катастроф.
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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
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1968年图勒空军基地B-52坠毁事件
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Absturz einer B-52 nahe der Thule Air Base 1968
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Accident de Thule
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Accident de Thulé
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Accidente de Thule
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Acidente da Base Aérea de Thule de 1968
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Thulegate
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Vliegtuigongeluk bij Thule (1968)
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Авиакатастрофа над базой Туле
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