US WWII bomber emerges from glacier in Iceland melting due to climate change - 76 years after it crashed on its way to England
A US WWII bomber has emerged from a melting glacier in Iceland 76 years after it crashed on it way to England. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flew into the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland on September 16, 1944. Miraculously all of its 10 crew members survived but the wreckage was abandoned and was swallowed up by the glacier. Today, with global warming stripping the land of ice, the war plane has re-appeared, mangled and torn but still able to provide a fascinating glimpse into the past. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flew into the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland on September 16, 1944 (pictured: one of its landing wheels, left; and part of its mangled fuselage, right) Locals examine the wreckage on the melted glacier in the south of Iceland A B-17 Flying Fortress over Houston, Texas, in October 2011 The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flew into the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland on September 16, 1944 Locals such as the former mayor of Isafjorour