Latitude and longitude of 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash

Satellite map of 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash

On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident (sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (/ˈtli/); Danish: Thuleulykken) involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish-administered territory of Greenland. The aircraft was carrying four hydrogen bombs on a Cold War "Chrome Dome" alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before they could carry out an emergency landing at Thule Air Base. Six crew members ejected safely, but one who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to bail out. The bomber crashed onto sea ice in North Star Bay, Greenland, causing the conventional explosives aboard to detonate and the nuclear payload to rupture and disperse, which resulted in radioactive contamination.

Latitude: 76° 31' 23.99" N
Longitude: -69° 16' 33.00" W

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GPS coordinates of 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash, Greenland

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