Broken Arrow 29

Record ID: 216558

Title: Broken Arrow 29
Date: 12th January 1987
Summary: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN 1966 WHEN TWO AMERICAN AIR CRAFT COLLIDED IN MID AIR OVER SOUTHERN SPAIN AND CRASHED NEAR PALOMARES. ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING NUCLEAR BOMBS.
Description:FOUR H BOMBS WERE DROPPED - ACCIDENTALLY - BY THE US ON ONE OF ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES. PLUTONIUM WAS SCATTERED OVER TWO VILLAGES. WITH MILITARY BASES ON THE GROUND, THE USAF COLLUDED WITH THE LOCAL REGIME TO COVER UP THE EXTENT OF THE DISASTER. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 17 JANUARY 1966 IN SPAIN, A COUNTRY GAGGED BY DICTATORSHIP AND BOUND MILITARILY AND ECONOMICALLY TO THE US. 20 YEARS LATER, AS THE LONG TERM EFFECTS EMERGE, THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRES, AND THE COVER UP IS MAINTAINED BY A NEW ADMINISTRATION KEEN TO ENLIST SPAIN IN NATO.
Collection: Channel 4
Transmission Date:12/01/1987
Decade: 1980s