Troops dispute US Army claim that wind was factor in night jump that injured 32 paratroopers
October 04, 2019 Ryan Morgan
After a C-130 carrying 87 paratroopers missed its dropzone during a Wednesday night training jump, many troops are disputing claims it was a simple miscalculation of the wind that caused their accident.
Col. Bobby Ginn, the commanding officer at Camp Shelby, Miss. said it was the wind that blew paratroopers into a thicket of pine trees, causing the injury of as many as 32 troops; however, witnesses of the drop told the Washington Examiner the skies were calm.
One paratrooper who withheld his name from the Washington Examiner for lack of authorization to speak with the media said the skies had “the kind of calm where a flag hangs limp.â€
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/10/troops-dispute-us-army-claim-that-wind-was-factor-in-night-jump-that-injured-32-paratroopers/
