A Virgin Galactic rocket plane known as SpaceShipTwo crashed in the
Cantill area of the California Mojave desert during a test flight,
reports The Washington Times'
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro,
leaving one pilot dead and another injured.
… “Virgin Galactic’s partner Scaled Composites conducted a powered test
flight of SpaceShipTwo earlier today,” the company website’s stated
Friday. “During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly
resulting in the loss of the vehicle. Our first concern is the status of
the pilots, which is unknown at this time. We will work closely with
the relevant authorities to determine the cause of the accident and
provide updates as soon as we are able to do so.”
… Onlookers who spotted the
craft crumble from the sky reportedly saw a sky-high explosion and later
found debris scattered across the desert sand. The Kern County Fire
Department that responded to the crash did not answer its communication
line.
Update: several hours after this story was posted, other news outlets still have no story on this, so we are starting to wonder if NP (and
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro) wasn't (weren't) taken in by a hoax
