US B-52 crashes 6 crew members missing

B-52 bomber crashes near Guam
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 with six crew members crashed off the island of Guam

Rescuers were searching a point in the Pacific about 30 miles northwest of Guam

The B-52H Stratofortress was based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana

A B-52 was scheduled to fly over crowds celebrating Liberation Day


(CNN) -- A U.S. Air Force B-52 with six crew members on board crashed off the island of Guam on Monday, an Air Force spokesman said.

Search crews have found no survivors, but they are still looking, said Lt. Elizabeth Buendia, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard in Guam. They located an oil slick but have not seen any wreckage, she said.

Rescuers with the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy were searching a point in the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles northwest of Guam, a U.S. territory, where the plane is believed to have crashed, said Capt. Joel Stark, spokesman for Andersen Air Force Base.

He had no information on whether anyone survived.

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