What happened to the nuclear bomb lost in the Pacific in 1950?
In short: In February 1950, a massive US bomber carrying a MK IV nuclear weapon vanished near the Canadian coast. This documentary details the desperate mission, the engine failure that crippled the aircraft, and the subsequent search operation that remains the largest in US Air Force history.
The incident began when a secret Cold War flight from Alaska encountered catastrophic engine failure. With three engines ablaze, the crew abandoned the aircraft, setting it on an autopilot course toward the Pacific Ocean. Despite an exhaustive search effort, the bomber, five crew members, and the nuclear payload were never recovered, leaving the wreckage to settle in the depths of the ocean.
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