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Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram (Video)

Juan Cole 04/30/2013

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Warning: some may find this footage disturbing.

A cargo plane crashed Monday at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, killing all 7 passengers aboard (Americans). .

This article says,

“The Boeing 747-400 — owned by National Airlines, a Florida-based subsidiary of National Air Cargo — was en route to Dubai, carrying vehicles and other cargo.”

The Taliban claimed responsibility, but the US has denied that claim.

Video is here:

One reader wrote this comment:

“The centre of gravity was off due to improper loading methods, cargo shifted to the back causing high pitch angle which eventually led to a stall. Pilot did everything he could of done.”

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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