K is for the Kirkland incident with the MK-17 thermonuclear bomb.
On May 27, 1957 a Mark 17 was unintentionally jettisoned from a B-36 just south of Albuquerque, NM's Kirtland AFB. The device fell through the closed bomb bay doors of the bomber, which was approaching Kirtland at an altitude of 520 metres (1,700 ft). The device's conventional explosives destroyed it on impact, leaving a crater 7.6 metres (25 ft) in diameter and 3.7 metres (12 ft) deep.[1] Though a chain reaction was impossible because the plutonium pits were stored separately on the plane as a safety measure, the incident spread radioactive contamination and debris over a mile-wide area. The military thoroughly cleaned up and decontaminated the site, a few fragments of the bomb - some radioactive still - may be found in the area.[2] It is one of 30 "Broken Arrow" incidents involving the accidental loss or destruction of a nuclear weapon.
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K is for the Kirkland incident with the MK-17 thermonuclear bomb.
On May 27, 1957 a Mark 17 was unintentionally jettisoned from a B-36 just south of Albuquerque, NM's Kirtland AFB. The device fell through the closed bomb bay doors of the bomber, which was approaching Kirtland at an altitude of 520 metres (1,700 ft). The device's conventional explosives destroyed it on impact, leaving a crater 7.6 metres (25 ft) in diameter and 3.7 metres (12 ft) deep.[1] Though a chain reaction was impossible because the plutonium pits were stored separately on the plane as a safety measure, the incident spread radioactive contamination and debris over a mile-wide area. The military thoroughly cleaned up and decontaminated the site, a few fragments of the bomb - some radioactive still - may be found in the area.[2] It is one of 30 "Broken Arrow" incidents involving the accidental loss or destruction of a nuclear weapon.
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