The plane from the Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota state in the North Central region of the United States crashed at around 5:50 p.m. local time endeavoring to land on the base, the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth announced.
According to automated weather reporting equipment, at the time of the crash visibility was poor with freezing temperatures and low clouds.
Four aircrew members were on board the airplane for a training mission and succeeded in ejecting safe and sound.
Providing no more information, the 28th Bomb Wing also said that a board of officers will explore the mishap.
The B-1 aircraft is categorized as a long-range, multi-mission, and supersonic conventional plane, agreeing to the Discuss Drive. The bomber has served the Ellsworth Air Force Base since the 1980s. The US ordered the termination of the atomic mission for the B-1 in 1994.
The Boeing Defense, Space and Security — a division of the Boeing Company — announced that the B-1 has been ceaselessly conveyed in combat operations over Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001.
Although some 100 aircraft of its kind were initially manufactured, less than 60 are operational at the Dyess Air Force Base in Texas and the Ellsworth Air Force Base.
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