C-17 pilot from JBLM found not guilty in airdrop fatality

A C-17 pilot from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was found not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2011 death of an Army paratrooper from the West Virginia National Guard.

A 10-officer court-martial panel on Friday cleared him of any wrongdoing for going ahead with the airdrop despite protocols stating that the airdrop should be canceled when one jumper landed outside of the drop zone.

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