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The Bulkley Valley Museum
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
Valentine’s Day, 1950: fires erupt in the engines of a B-36 bomber en route from Alaska to Texas, atomic weaponry in tow. The bomber begins to plummet hundreds of feet every minute. With no chance of recovery, the crew sets off final distress signals and abandons the aircraft south of Prince Rupert, being sure to set it on a trajectory towards the open Pacific.
Some survivors were found, but the wreckage was not. And so, the world’s first broken arrow was born.
Three years later, what was left of the biggest bomber ever built was discovered in the Kispiox Valley area. It was determined that another crew member successfully took over piloting the aircraft until it slammed into Mt. Kologet.