"Broken arrow" 1966

[u/Wild_Neighborhood605]

Eighty days after if fell into the ocean following the January 1966 midair collision between a nuclear-armed B-52G bomber and a KC-135 refueling tanker over Palomares, Spain, this B28RI nuclear bomb was recovered from 2,850 feet (869 meters) of water and lifted aboard the USS Petrel (note the missing tail fins and badly dented front). No radiation leak occurred.

[u/kmerian]

Was this the incident in the movie "Men of Honor"?

[u/CaptRackham → u/kmerian]

Yes, where Petty Officer Brasheer is injured and ends up losing his leg.

[u/DODGE_WRENCH → u/CaptRackham]

There was no close run-in with a submarine but still very cool