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One dead in Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo test crash | |
(35 minutes later) | |
At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashed in a California desert, the California Highway Patrol has said. | |
The craft was undergoing manned testing when it experienced what the company described as "a serious anomaly". | |
Television images shot from a helicopter showed what appeared to be wreckage bearing the Virgin logo. | |
SpaceShipTwo is carried aloft by a jet, then launched into sub-orbit. | |
In a statement, Virgin Galactic said the "vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of SpaceShipTwo". | |
The jet, known as White Knight 2, has landed safely. | |
The firm has been a front-runner in the nascent space-tourism industry and its chief said earlier in October it expected to see the craft make it to sub-orbital space within a few months. |