National panel to discuss 2013 Afghanistan plane crash

DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board will discuss the cargo plane crash in Afghanistan that killed all seven crew members.

The board is to meet Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to determine the probable cause of the crash. The Dubai-bound Boeing 747-400 plane was being operated by National Air Cargo when it crashed just after takeoff from Bagram Air Base on April 29, 2013.

The crash killed six crew members from Michigan and one from Kentucky.

The NTSB said in February it was examining shifting cargo as a possible factor. It was carrying 207 tons of cargo, including five Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles weighing 12 to 18 tons each.

It picked them up at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, and took on 53 tons of fuel at Bagram before taking off for Dubai.

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