A USAF C-130J, #08-3174, crashed in Afghanistan on Oct. 2, 2015 killing 11 people on board and three Afghan soldiers on the ground. An investigation by Air Mobility Command concluded that the mishap pilot had place a hard shell night vision goggle (NVG) case in front of the yoke during offloading of cargo and forgot to remove it during take-off.
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