B-52 Bomber Circles Over RAF Fairford After Emergency 'Squawk' Alert

 

Daily Mail: US Air Force bomber is roaming skies over Gloucestershire: B-52 took off from RAF Fairford before circling in constant loop after issuing emergency 'squawk' code 

* A nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is roaming the skies over Britain 

* The US Air Force jet took off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire 

* It started to circle in a constant loop after issuing an emergency Squawk 

* The bombers were deployed to the UK after Putin's Ukraine invasion 

A nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is roaming the skies over Britain after emitting an emergency squawk. 

The US Air Force jet, coded SPICY22, took off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire earlier today before it began to circle in a constant loop after issuing an emergency Squawk 7700 code - thought to be because one of the bomber's engines has failed. 

The jet is currently covering a path which takes in the northern end of Gloucester, Churchdown, Bishop's Cleeve, Newent, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham. It is understood that it is in a loop so that it can burn off fuel before it can land again, according to local reports.  

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Update #1: Huge B-52 Stratofortress bomber circles over RAF Fairford after emergency alert (Swindon Advertiser)  

Update #2: B-52 bomber from RAF Fairford in emergency 'Squawk' alert - updates (Gloucestershire News) 

WNU Editor: It looks like one of the engines failed.