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 Cavalese Cable Car Disaster (1998)Relations between Italy and the US were strained in 1998 when a US military plane, flying too low and too fast through a valley near the Italian town of Cavalese, clipped an aerial tramway cable. The cable car fell, killing all 20 people on board. The pilot and navigator were acquitted of homicide in a US military court, sparking outrage in Italy, but were later convicted of obstruction of justice for destroying a video of the incident. How did the US attempt to repair relations with Italy? More...
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this sounds absolutely outrageous, - how could the pilot and navigator have been cleared? Quote:It was determined that the maps on board did not show the cables and that the EA-6B was flying somewhat faster and considerably lower than allowed by military regulations. The restrictions in effect at the time required a minimum flying height of 2,000 ft (600 m); the pilot said he thought they were 1,000 ft (300 m). The cable was cut at a height of 360 ft (110 m). The pilot further claimed that the height-measuring equipment on his plane had been malfunctioning, and that he had been unaware of the speed restrictions. surely a pilot is responsible for knowing any speed and height restrictions, and any pilot should be able to tell the difference between 600m and 100m (like, being below and above cable car level!). It was irrelevant the cables weren't on the map, they should never have been flying at that level. So, they broke the rules, killed people, and lied about it. And got cleared? Incredible. Shame on US Marine court. 
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Yea Thar that is pretty bad, they were definitely guilty of either involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide, and I'd lean toward the latter. Operating a military jet in an unsafe manner (outside of wartime operations, or on a military reservation)is obviously a criminal act. Hell someone driving at 60 mph in a 25mph zone who runs down people in a crosswalk is guilty of homicide.
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Not surprising at the outcome. The US military has been unaccountable for their criminal actions for decades. One only has to remember the abuse in Iraq and the more recent ones in Afganistan. American society has been infactuated with violence, war and has elevated the armed forces to a God like status. What puzzles me is why the European Union does not tell all US forces to go home. There is no need for 300,000 US soldiers in Europe, nor anywhere else for that matter. NATO has outlived its purpose.
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