Italian Air Tragedy Haunts Crewman
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A rear-seat crewman in a Marine plane that sheared the cable of an Italian ski gondola, killing 20 people, said he struggles every day with the fact he was powerless inside the jet. Capt. Chandler Seagraves read from a statement at a news conference at the close of a hearing in Camp Lejeune to determine whether he and the other rear-seat crewman should face courts-martial in the tragedy.
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