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In listing military nuclear accidents, the following criteria have been adopted: There must be well-attested and substantial health risks associated with nuclear materials; or, it must involve nuclear weapons (even if lacking an installed fissile core or if nuclear detonation was not possible).
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft, registration N137US, [1] which crashed on take-off from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport September 17, 1961. All 37 on board were killed in the accident.
The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, on 24 January 1961.A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process.
There have also been a number of accidents involving nuclear weapons, such as crashes of nuclear armed aircraft. Despite a reduction in global nuclear tensions and major nuclear arms reductions after the end of the Cold War following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, estimated nuclear warhead stockpiles total roughly 15,000 worldwide ...
The non-nuclear explosives in two of the weapons detonated upon impact with the ground, causing the dispersal of radioactive plutonium, which contaminated a 0.77-square-mile (2 km 2) area. The fourth, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea , was recovered intact after a search lasting two and a half months.
Nuclear bombs are extremely deadly weapons, but their worst effects are confined to a limited zone. A government safety expert says its entirely possible to survive a nuclear explosion and its ...
The accident was investigated by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which concluded its probable cause was the loss of a 5/16 inch bolt which fell out of the elevator control mechanism during the climb from Chicago, resulting in an abrupt pitch up followed by a stall and crash.
Units handling nuclear weapons must pass NSIs every 18 months in order to retain their certifications. [25] The USAF issued a new policy directive regarding the handling of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, which prohibits the storing of nuclear armed and nonnuclear armed weapons in the same storage facility.