About an hour earlier, a B-1B Lancer long-range bomber had taken off from Fairford Air Force Base in the UK with its afterburner on, possibly indicating a weapons load, although this also happens during training sorties.

About an hour earlier, a B-1B Lancer long-range bomber had taken off from Fairford Air Force Base in the UK with its afterburner on, possibly indicating a weapons load, although this also happens during training sorties.