C-21 crash laid to fuel imbalance, flight manual deficiency, human error

A combination of a fuel imbalance, a flight manual deficiency and human error led to the April 18 crash of a U.S. Air Force C-21 executive jet that claimed the lives of eight people, including the service's top acquisition official, an AF investigation found. The plane crashed in a wooded area near...

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