US EditionBroken Arrow: A History of America’s Nuclear Weapon Accidents
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Broken Arrow: A History of America’s Nuclear Weapon Accidents
On January 24, 1961, a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber carrying two powerful hydrogen bombs suffered a catastrophic failure high above North Carolina. The massive aircraft broke apart in mid-air, sending its crew and its nuclear payload plummeting towards the ground near the town of Goldsboro. One of the bombs plunged into a muddy field at over 700 miles per hour, its tail found buried 20 feet deep. The other bomb’s parachute deployed,…
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