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Re:A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe by leeoniya on Sunday September 22, 2019 @11:24AM (#21041768)
here's another close call which almost ended very badly:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash

"He also said the size of each bomb was more than 250 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb, large enough to create a 100% kill zone within a radius of 8.5 miles (13.7 km)."

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Re:A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe by tyingq on Sunday September 22, 2019 @11:42AM (#21041858)
"Lieutenant, we found the arm/safe switch." And I said, "Great." He said, "Not great. It's on arm."

Oof.

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