American B-52 Bomber Plane Crashes in a in Guam

The bomber was deployed to the US island territory from North Dakota as part of the military’s continuous presence in the Pacific.

 B-52 bomber has crashed shortly after take-off at a US base in Guam, the US Air Force reported.

Local news site Kuam quoted the Guam governor’s office as saying: “We assure the public this does not appear to be an attack.”

It says all seven crew members safely left the aircraft after the incident at 08:30 local time (22:30 GMT Wednesday) at Andersen Air Force Base.