1966 Palomares accident

Quality:

1966 Palomares B-52 crash - aviation accident. Article “1966 Palomares accident” in English Wikipedia has 81.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 82 references and 11 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “1966 Palomares accident” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “1966 Palomares accident”, its content was written by 276 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 882 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 169 times in English Wikipedia and cited 558 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #9078 in January 2008
• Global: #8134 in October 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #7266 in January 2008
• Global: #13517 in April 2024

There are 23 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 1966 Palomares accident		81.7818
2	German (de) Nuklearunfall von Palomares		51.0621
3	Catalan (ca) Accident nuclear de Palomares		50.2362
4	Spanish (es) Incidente de Palomares		50.0654
5	French (fr) Accident nucléaire de Palomares		27.6965
6	Basque (eu) Palomaresko istripu nuklearra		26.6834
7	Greek (el) Συντριβή Β-52 στο Παλομάρες (1966)		23.9461
8	Russian (ru) Авиакатастрофа над Паломаресом		22.7604
9	Hebrew (he) התקרית הגרעינית בפאלומארס		21.7638
10	Galician (gl) Incidente de Palomares		21.3387

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1966 Palomares accident		3 085 653
2	Spanish (es) Incidente de Palomares		1 190 765
3	Russian (ru) Авиакатастрофа над Паломаресом		585 898
4	Japanese (ja) パロマレス米軍機墜落事故		504 680
5	German (de) Nuklearunfall von Palomares		359 475
6	French (fr) Accident nucléaire de Palomares		308 712
7	Italian (it) Incidente di Palomares		148 642
8	Polish (pl) Katastrofa lotnicza pod Palomares		148 455
9	Catalan (ca) Accident nuclear de Palomares		30 370
10	Chinese (zh) 1966年B-52同溫層堡壘轟炸機空難		29 467

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1966 Palomares accident		12 592
2	German (de) Nuklearunfall von Palomares		6 074
3	Spanish (es) Incidente de Palomares		4 158
4	Italian (it) Incidente di Palomares		1 465
5	Japanese (ja) パロマレス米軍機墜落事故		1 368
6	Russian (ru) Авиакатастрофа над Паломаресом		1 199
7	French (fr) Accident nucléaire de Palomares		1 163
8	Polish (pl) Katastrofa lotnicza pod Palomares		1 110
9	Portuguese (pt) Incidente de Palomares		283
10	Romanian (ro) Accidentul nuclear de la Palomares		222

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1966 Palomares accident		276
2	German (de) Nuklearunfall von Palomares		103
3	Spanish (es) Incidente de Palomares		98
4	French (fr) Accident nucléaire de Palomares		81
5	Russian (ru) Авиакатастрофа над Паломаресом		67
6	Catalan (ca) Accident nuclear de Palomares		40
7	Japanese (ja) パロマレス米軍機墜落事故		35
8	Polish (pl) Katastrofa lotnicza pod Palomares		35
9	Italian (it) Incidente di Palomares		25
10	Ukrainian (uk) Авіакатастрофа над Паломаресом		20

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Incidente de Palomares		3
2	Catalan (ca) Accident nuclear de Palomares		1
3	English (en) 1966 Palomares accident		1
4	Basque (eu) Palomaresko istripu nuklearra		1
5	Arabic (ar) حادثة بالوماريس		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Самолетна катастрофа над Паломарес		0
7	Danish (da) B-52G-flystyrt ved Palomares		0
8	German (de) Nuklearunfall von Palomares		0
9	Greek (el) Συντριβή Β-52 στο Παλομάρες (1966)		0
10	Finnish (fi) Palomaresin lento-onnettomuus		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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