Article: Inquiry finds U.S. pilot 'solely responsible'

AN inquiry into an incident of friendly fire that left one Canadian soldier dead and more than 30 injured found an American fighter pilot "solely responsible" for the "preventable" error.

The A-10A Friendly Fire Board of Inquiry report, released Friday, concluded that an unnamed U.S. Air Force pilot "lost his situational awareness" while flying in support of NATO coalition ground forces in the Panjwaii district of southern Afghanistan.

Pte. Mark Anthony Graham was killed on Sept. 4, 2006 when the A-10 Thunderbolt pilot mistook a garbage fire lit by Canadian troops for an enemy bomb blast and strafed the terrain in response.

The infantry group, part of the Petawawa-based Royal Canadian ...

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