Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash, Jan 21, 1968 (1 killed)
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accident on January 21, 1968 near Thule AFB (Pituffik) Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland with 1 fatality.
- Date: January 21, 1968
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Location: Thule AFB (Pituffik) Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
A USAF B 52 on a Chrome Dome airborne alert suffered an in flight cabin fire that knocked out electrical power. The crew ejected over Thule Air Base, except one crew member who was killed while bailing out, and the bomber crashed onto sea ice near Thule, Greenland, on 21 January 1968. The conventional explosives in its four weapons detonated on impact, and Operation Crested Ice cleaned up the contamination.