U.S. says all six aboard B-52 in Guam crash dead

By SPA,

Manila : All six crew members aboard a U.S. B-52 bomber that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Guam earlier this week are dead, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday.

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The plane crashed on Monday, while on its way to participate in a flyover to mark a Liberation Day parade in Guam, a U.S. territory.

The bomber, crashed about 15 minutes before the parade was due to begin.

The bodies of two of the crew have been recovered and search teams have now shifted their focus from rescue operations to recovery of the other bodies, the Air Force said
in a statement seen in Manila and quoted by Reuters.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash. The Air Force said a board of officers was investigating.