An overworked mechanic
An overworked mechanic who didn't place a safety pin in a hydraulic bolt of the tail rotor of a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D was blamed for its crash as it approached the Marines' Futema AB on Okinawa last August. An investigation conducted by a joint Japan-U.S. committee said the mechanic had worked 17...
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