Minot AFB Investigate B52 Engine Incident

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Minot AFB Investigate B52 Engine Incident
 
Jim Olson 
By Jim Olson | jolson@kxmcnews.com

Published 01/05 2017 06:13PM
Updated 01/05 2017 07:40PM
   
Upham, ND


An engine from a Minot-based B52 bomber dropped into a river bed at the Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Wednesday afternoon.

A local man in Upham says he saw several helicopters flying around the area that day, as if they were looking for something.

(Christianson) "I wasn't sure what was going on, but seemed awful strange that with the wildlife stressed the way they are that there would be helicopters flying over and over the refuge."

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http://www.myndnow.com/news/minot-news/minot-afb-investigate-b52-engine-incident/636433246

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   The BUFF is aging faster than we are.
   Serviced Model 'D' in 70, 71 and the pilots were younger than the airframe, even then.

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It's a very good airframe and is not the same plane that flew 50 yrs ago.   Arent these engines designed to fall off when they suffer certain  catastrophic failures.

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It's a very good airframe and is not the same plane that flew 50 yrs ago.  Arent these engines designed to fall off when they suffer certain  catastrophic failures.

   That may be true but I've never heard that.
   There are 4 PODS, 2 engines per pod, I would think you'd lose 2 engines not 1, at a time. Yes Everything on that plane has been updated except the air frame and the 8 track player.