Report of B1 exploding at a Qatar base

[beamender99]

Aljazeera is reporting that a B1 has exploded while landing at al-Udeid Qatar.

( originally reported as a B52) and quoted on BBC News 24

[XX621]

B-1 bomber according to the website.

[206Fan]

Ahh see the banner now..

[fantom]

Here is the English site of alJazeera (means 'island', by the way).

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7E60053C-EE39-4E26-A244-6446F7076ADB.htm

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[Mark in CA]

Also being reported by Reuters:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/ts_nm/usa_qatar_plane_dc_2

[SkyCamMK]

Fox News no reports of 4 crew yet, $283 million dollar aircraft!

[airfoilmod]

Those are 1977 dollars as well. A beautful aircraft with a troubled history and limited strategic value, what of the Crew?

[ChicoChico]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/ts_nm/usa_qatar_crash_dc

now reported as a fire on landing - nobody hurt! Amazing how the first report says "exploded"!
Chico

[LedZeppelin]

:=Shame on the news agencies who put stories out without checking!

[Eagle402]

Wishful thinking from the teatowel/fanbelt jockeys.

[RJ Kanary]

According to MSNBC, crew is safe.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23959384