Hercules crash caused by hostile fire, board finds

Hostile ground-to-air fire caused the crash of a British air force Hercules XV179 in Iraq early this year that killed 10 people on board, a United Kingdom board of inquiry has concluded. The board also identified three other factors that contributed to the crash, and made several safety...

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