- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 02, 2015
Time: 0019
Location: Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Operator: Military - U.S. Army
Flight #: ?
Route: Jalalabad - Bagram
AC Type: Lockheed C-130J Hercules
Registration: 08-3174
cn / ln: 5648
Aboard: 11   (passengers:5  crew:6)
Fatalities: 11   (passengers:5  crew:6)
Ground: 2
Summary: The military transport crashed while taking off from Jalalabad Airport. Five crew members, 5 passengers and 2 on the ground were killed. The MP’s placement of the hard-shell NVG case in front of the yoke blocking forward movement of the flight controls, the distractions experienced by the MP and MCP during the course of the ERO, and the misidentification of the malfunction once airborne.
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