FAA says A-10 low-level flight over Charlotte was “careless and reckless”

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has published a preliminary report on the low-level flight carried out by A-10s over Charlotte, North Carolina on Aug. 29. The agency said the operation was “careless and reckless.”

A-10Cs - 23d FW - Moody AFB GA
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The pilots has requested the fly over but they did not get a green light to do so.