Small Mistakes That Cost Millions To Fix

Published on October 2, 2019 By Chloe Draws

A B-2 Bomber and Its Breakdown – $1.7 billion

In 2008, a US Air Force bomber called the Spirit of Kansas met an untimely death. After logging more than 5,100 flight hours, it would crash outside Guam just a few moments after takeoff – but how?

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According to reports conducted afterward, they deduced that ‘heavy, lashing rains’ caused moisture to enter the sensors. Thankfully, both pilots ejected from the plane and no one was injured. Still, the aircraft cost the US government more than $1.7 billion.