Editing Yuba City, California (section)

===The 1961 B-52 airplane crash===
On March 14, 1961, a [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] carrying nuclear weapons, flying near Yuba City, encountered a pressurization problem, and had to drop to a lower altitude. Because of this, more fuel than expected was used, and the aircraft ran out of fuel. [[1961 Yuba City B-52 crash|It crashed before meeting]] with a tanker aircraft. The pilot gave the bailout command, and the crew egressed at 10,000&nbsp;ft, except for the pilot, who ejected at 4,000&nbsp;ft, while avoiding a populated area. The aircraft was destroyed. The weapons, two Mark 39 (3.8 megatons each) thermonuclear bombs (identified from declassified Department of Energy films and photographs) were destroyed on impact though no explosion took place, and there was no release of radioactive material as a result.<ref>{{Cite book  | last = Maggelet  | first = Michael H.  |author2=James C. Oskins   | title = Broken Arrow&nbsp;– The Declassified History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents  | publisher=[[Lulu.com]]  | year = 2008  | isbn = 978-1-4357-0361-2 }}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}