Video: 'H-Bomb Armed B-52 Crash Cleanup in Greenland: "Crested Ice" 1968 USAF Strategic Air Command'

(Sunday, January 21, 1968, 3:39 p.m. EST; during the Cold War) — An American B-52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed in flames into the ice off Greenland today while attempting to make an emergency landing at the Thule Air Force Base, killing one crew member and scattering radioactive material.