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F-18 MISSES INTENDED TARGET AND HIT CIVILIAN AREA

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet missed its intended target and inadvertently dropped a 2000-pound GPS in a residential area near Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The intended target was a military helicopter at Kabul Airport, approximately one mile from the residential area. There is no accurate way of estimating the number of casualties, but reports from the ground indicate there may...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 18669
Rome, Italy, 10/15/2001 13:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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