Back in the 1980s, quite a few American soldiers were killed when a chartered flight crashed in (I think) Newfoundland. It came out that the airline had reckone

Back in the 1980s, quite a few American soldiers were killed when a chartered flight crashed in (I think) Newfoundland. It came out that the airline had reckoned 160 lb per person, which may be OK for the general population, but not for the airborne infantry.