Loose connector lead to Global Hawk crash

A Global Hawk operating over Afghanistan lost power to control its ailerons and spoilers after an electrical connector came lose and damaged a line replacement unit.

Within one minute of the fault, the aircraft went into a dive and crashed on Aug. 20 last year.

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