Palomares B-52 crash & contamination of soil
Q. The 1966 Palomares B-52 crash caused four nuclear bombs fell on the coast after two US military planes collided. Recently US signed an agreement with which of the following country to clean up contaminated land?- Published on 21 Oct 15a. France
b. Portugal
c. Ukraine
d. Spain
ANSWER: Spain
- Palomares is an agricultural, fishing and tourist village on the Mediterranean Sea in Spain
- Under the agreement in principle, signed by Mr Kerry and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, the US will remove the soil at Palomares to a site in the US.