B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crash - GIF

B-2 Spirit stealth bomber Spirit of Kansas crashes moments after takeoff from Andersen AFB in Guam on February 23, 2008. With a price tag of 1.4 billion (2008), it the most expensive air disaster in history.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...015#post134009
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...641#post186121
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...918#post175619
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...306#post157987
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...081#post134261

Looks like the pilot(s) bailed at the right time.

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Originally Posted by Gadgeteer

Looks like the pilot(s) bailed at the right time.

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It must be a weird thought process that goes through a person's head. If I hold on for a few more seconds I might be able to recover this, but I might die. On the other hand, the second I pull this handle for the ejection seat it'll cost $1.4 billion dollars, but I'll live.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_A...e_B-2_accident

"At Guam Naval Hospital, one pilot was evaluated and released, and the second was hospitalized."

Glad the pilots survived, and also that it was not attributable to pilot error.

The US government doesn't sweat for the lost money, it's the American people hard earning tax money.