Friday, October 31, 2014

1 pilot aboard Virgin Galactic dies in fiery crash in California desert

A private space plane owned by Richard Branson's "Virgin Galactic" has crashed in the California desert and one of the two pilots aboard has been killed.


SpaceShipTwo experienced what controllers called an "in-flight anomaly" after its rocket motors fired.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


IN:  "The accident…."

OUT:  "…to safety"

DUR:  27 seconds


http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1031galactic2-marks.mp3