Source:
The Mirror
Original post date:
26 November 2014
A Cold War nuclear accident has been linked to the death 46 years later of one of the clean-up crew.
Petter Lilleby, 67, died from bronchopneumonia related to lung cancer in July.
Now a pre-inquest report has revealed he was involved in the clean up following the Thule Air Base crash in Greenland in 1968.
On January 21 of that year, a US Air Force B-52 bomber armed with four hydrogen bombs crashed into sea ice in North Star Bay while attempting an emergency landing at the air base.