B-52 was in the air a very short time before crashing and killing all 8 on board AP News8 crew members killed in B-52 bomber crash at California's Edwards Air Force Base CNN‘Something's wrong with the plane': Airman told wife before B-52 crash The Times‘They should have not flown that day': Grieving wife speaks about her husband killed in B-52 Edwards AFB crash KGET.com
The aircraft burst into flames on Monday morning shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California, officials said. The cause is still under investigation.