How a pilot’s NVG case brought down a USAF C-130J in Afghanistan

The Lockheed Martin-built aircraft (a C-130J-30 st

A deadly US Air Force C-130J crash at Jalalabad Airfield in Afghanistan on 2 October 2015 that killed everyone onboard, plus three Afghani security personnel manning the guard tower it struck, was caused by a hard-shell night vision goggle case placed in front of the yoke.

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