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This Day In Wrecks

1961:  A USAF B-52 develops a fuel leak and breaks up in mid-air over Goldsboro, NC after 5 of the 8 men on board parachute to safety.  One of the nuclear bombs on board is recovered after its parachute activated; the other crashes into a muddy field, where the uranium core still remains.

1966: Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc in France, at nearly the same location as Air India Flight 245 crashed in 1950.  All on board the 707 are killed.

1978: The Kosmos 954 sattelite, launched by the Soviet Union for tracking nuclear submarines, fails to reach orbit after it’s launch in September 1977; it circles the Earth until finally reentering the atmosphere on January 24 and scatters debris over Northwestern Canada.  Radioactive fragments are recovered. (pictured)