Fuel starvation caused HC-130P crash

The crash of a U.S. Air Force HC-130P aircraft off the coast of California on Nov. 22, 1996, killing all ten aboard, was caused by fuel starvation, the AF said. An investigation of the accident found that the crew used only fuel from the right fuselage tank, that it was allowed to run dry, and that...

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