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Palomares, Almería
Palomares is an agricultural, fishing, and tourist town along the Mediterranean Sea in the Almería (province), Almería province of Andalusia, Spain. It is about Above mean sea level, above sea level. The village falls within the municipality of Cuevas del Almanzora. The ruins of ''El Artial'' (old derelict windmill?) lie just outside the village. 1966 USAF incident The town was noted for a fatal accident in 1966 in which a B-52 Stratofortress of the Strategic Air Command Mid-air collision, collided mid-air with a KC-135 Stratotanker plane, causing radioactive contamination after its payload of four hydrogen bombs (H-bombs) was dispersed and crashed. There were four thermonuclear weapons in the bomber. The high-explosive igniters in two of these bombs detonated on impact, spreading radioactive material, including deadly plutonium-239, over a wide area of the Spanish countryside, but safety mechanisms and electronics prevented nuclear explosions. The third H-bomb landed via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre Palomares
''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages (Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish, Galician language, Galician, Catalan language, Catalan, Italian language, Italian, Occitan language, Occitan and Corsican language, Corsican) and may refer to: Biology * Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome * ''Sypharochiton torri'', a mollusc Chess * Carlos Torre Repetto, Mexican chess grandmaster ** Torre Attack, an opening in chess * Eugenio Torre (born 1951), Filipino chess grandmaster * An alternative name for a Rook (chess), rook in chess Places Brazil * Torre, a neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Recife England * Torre, Torquay, an area of Torquay in Devon * Torre, Somerset, a hamlet in the county of Somerset France * Torre, Corsica Italy * Torre Annunziata, a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania * Torre Archirafi, a frazione in the comune of Riposto in the province o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
