BISMARCK, N.D. — A truck driver who lost control of a semitrailer carrying missile parts from North Dakota’s Minot Air Force Base was distracted by a “large insect” that flew in a window and landed on the driver’s back, the military said in a report released Friday. The Air Force said the truck from the base’s 91st Missile Wing, which overturned Aug. 31 on a gravel road in northwest North Dakota, was carrying rocket engine parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles but no nuclear material.
...The shipment also contained two 14-gallon tanks of liquid rocket fuel, but never was in danger of exploding or leaking, the military said.
link: Military says bug distracted ND missile driver :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation
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