By Xinhua,
Washington : A B-52 bomber with six crew members aboard crashed off the island of Guam on Monday and two people have been pulled from the waters.
The condition of the two who have been recovered was not immediately known, according to the Coast Guard.
Rescue crews from the Navy, Coast Guard and local fire department are searching for the others.
The B-52H Stratofortress crashed at approximately 9:45 a.m. (0325GMT) about 40 km northwest of Apra Harbor, said a brief statement from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. It is the second for the Air Force this year on Guam.
In February, a B-2 crashed at Andersen Air Force Base shortly after takeoff in the first-ever crash of a stealth bomber. Both pilots ejected safely. The military estimated the cost of the loss of the aircraft at 1.4 billion U.S. dollars.
A B-52 from Andersen Air Force Base was scheduled to fly over crowds celebrating Liberation Day, which commemorates the U.S. capture of Guam from Japan in 1944.
But it was unclear whether the plane that crashed was the one that had been scheduled to perform the flyover.