University Daily Kansan / Monday, December 5 1988
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Goggles blamed for military helicopter accidents
The Associated Press
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Night-vision goggles designed for ground troops and net for flight were used by 52 military pilots whose helicopters crashed in the last decade, killing 134 servicemen, a newspaper reporter yesterday, and six pilots.
servicemen, a newsroom,
the goggles' manufacturers and some pilots
who used them contend military officials knew
the goggles were unsafe for flight use,
the Orange County Register said. One instructor
he quit partly because of the goggles.
Recent crashes blamed on alleged goggle inadequacies prompted calls for a congressional investigation of night-vision goggles safety by Rep. Frank McCloskey, D-Int., a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
tee.
The night-vision goggles electronically amplify moonlight and starlight, displaying images on two tiny video screens.
on two tiny spaces of words show that qualified Air Force, Marine and Army pilots blindly fly
into mountains, power lines, trees and other aircraft while using the goggles, usually on high-speed, low-level flights, the newspaper reported.
reported.
The goggles are heavy, become overpowered by sudden bright lights, don't warn pilots of looming clouds that render them useless and severely limit peripheral vision, the newspaper said.
Pentagon officials defended use of the night vision goggles for helicopter flights, telling the
Register that combat night missions are essential and that use of the devices is often the only way to get the job done.
way they would have limitations, they give us more capabilities than we had without them," said Lt. Gen. Charles H. Pitman, deputy chief of staff for Marine aviation.
Pittman said investigators were justified in blaming the 52 night vision crashes that resulted in 134 deaths in the past decade on pilot error.
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