Military.com: Family Who Lost Son in Deadly KC-130 Crash in 2017 ‘Blindsided’ by New Arrest of Former Engineer

Greg Feith is a quoted experts in this article.

A criminal investigation into the July 10, 2017, crash was opened in 2020, according to the indictment that was made public this week. Aviation and safety experts told Military.com that it’s seemingly rare for criminal charges to be filed in connection to airplane crashes, and following the paper trail to identify a person or people responsible is an arduous investigative process.

“It is extremely time-consuming and resource intensive,” Greg Feith, a former senior air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, told Military.com. “And, of course, it takes a long time.”