Did Cargo Shift Cause Bagram 747 Crash? Straps That Tied Down 16-Ton MRAP Vehicles 'Broke Before Plane Plummeted To Earth' -- Daily Mail
* Six crew members identified as Michigan residents - Jamie Brokaw, Rinku Summan, Gary Stockdale, Michael Sheets, Brad Hasler and Jeremy Lipka
* Mr Hasler was married just two weeks ago - and had a baby on the way; Sheets was engaged and due to marry later this year
* Seventh victim, Timothy Garrett, was from Kentucky
* Taliban claimed responsibility for crash outside Bagram Airfield, but military says no insurgent activity was reported in area at the time
* Plane was owned by private company National Air Cargo
Investigators sifting through the wreckage of a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that crashed in Afghanistan on April 29 have found that several of the straps used to tie down the 16-ton MRAP fighting vehicles broke after takeoff.
This has led to speculation that the massive armored vehicles shifted shortly after the civilian cargo plane took off from Bagram air base, sending it careering out of control.
Seven American crew members, all civilian employees of National Air Cargo, were killed in the crash. A passing motorist captured dramatic video of the plane plummeting to Earth on a dashboard camera.
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My Comment: It looks like someone goofed when securing the cargo .... and as a result 7 Americans died.
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