B-1B Lancer Bomber Performs Emergency Landing Suffering Tire blowout and Brake Fire
July 4, 2020 Stefano D'Urso Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
Some photos recently surfaced on social medias showing a B-1B Lancer bomber after an emergency landing. The photos sent by an anonymous source to @combat_learjet, who posted them on his social media accounts, were accompanied by a brief description of what happened.
According to the source, the “BONEâ€, as the B-1B is dubbed (from B-One), took off for a training mission and, about 30 minutes later, experienced an unspecified in-flight electrical malfunction that forced the crew to return to base for an emergency landing. The bomber reportedly blew two tires on landing and suffered a brake fire, but all four members of the crew were able to safely egress.
This BONE experienced an in-flight electrical malfunction approximately 30min after takeoff. Because of the nature of the malfunction, the crew had to immediately return to base for an emergency landing. The jet blew two tires on landing and had a brake fire. However, all members of the crew were able to safely egress. Great job by this crew. . Submitted by an anonymous follower!
We couldn’t find any official reports of this incident at this time, so everything we can say is based on the photos and the description they came with.
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