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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 02:18 PM
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Crew responsible for crash of Blackwater flight 61
On November 27, 2004, a flight operated by Blackwater Aviation and designated
"Blackwater 61" crashed in a canyon in a remote area of Afghanistan, killing the members of the
flight crew and three U.S. military personnel who were passengers. According to government
investigative reports and other documents obtained by the Committee, the crash and the deaths of
the crew and passengers were caused by a combination of reckless conduct by the Blackwater
pilots and multiple mistakes by Blackwater, including hiring unqualified and inexperienced
pilots, failure to file flight plans, and failure to have proper equipment for tracking and locating
missing aircraft.

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071002143636.pdf

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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 02:21 PM
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1. Isn't that the one where they were heard joking about how much fun they were having....
...right before they smacked into a canyon wall?

Life is like that sometimes...

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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 02:52 PM
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3. Thankfully, Blackwater isn't running life n/t
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 02:28 PM
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2. LOOSE CANNONS ALL
Edited on Tue Oct-02-07 02:29 PM by YEBBA
LOOK AT THEIR PRIOR MILITARY RECORDS AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL FIND.

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