Hercules C-130 crashed while displaying a low level airdrop technique
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This USAF Hercules C-130 crashed on July 1st, 1987 during a military exercise at Fort Bragg, narrowly missing spectators
seconds before it crashed and burst into flames, killing four crewmen as well as a soldier on the ground. Two other crewmen
were injured.
The plane was displaying a low level airdrop technique in which a parachute is used to pull a tank out the
rear cargo door while the plane is a few feet above the ground, but the crew pulled up too late and hit the ground.
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