Developer dismisses B-52 crash radiation fears at proposed site of Spanish resort
by Stephen Burgen in Barcelona from World news | The Guardian on (#61D0K)
Two nuclear bombs exploded in 1966 after US aircraft involved in mid-air collision over Palomares in Almeria
A British company has defended its plans to develop a resort in south-east Spain after environmental groups claimed the area could be contaminated with radioactivity from nuclear bombs that fell after a plane crash in the 1960s.
On 17 January 1966 a US air force B-52 collided mid-air with a refuelling plane over Palomares in Almeria, killing seven of the 11 crew.
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