Seven people were lucky to escape without injury from the blazing wreckage of a B-52 after it crashed on a US Air Force Base.
The heavy bomber came down at Andersen Air Force Base in Yigo, a village in the Pacific island of Guam, at about 8.30am local time on Thursday.
It had aborted takeoff before catching fire and crashing on the flight line of the base, according to a statement from Pacific Air Force public affairs.
The plane had been deployed to Guam from North Dakota as part of the military's continuous bomber presence in the Pacific.
Those on board were all with the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and performing a routine training mission.
The US Air Force has been using B-1, B-2 and B-52 - the Stratofortress - in Guam since 2004 to boost the American security presence in the Asia Pacific region.
In 2008, another B-52 crashed off Guam while flying around the island as part of Liberation Day celebrations, killing all six crew members on board.
Guam is a US territory about 3,700 miles from Hawaii.
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