On 2 October 2015, the crew of a USAF C130J-30 Hercules attempted to depart Jalalabad without being aware that a hard shell NVG case was still in place which had been positioned behind one of the control columns to keep the elevator in an up position during engines-running offloading of tall cargo at the rear. The resultant inability to control excessive pitch up was attributed to a pitch trim malfunction and crew response assumed this. A stall from which recovery was not made followed and the aircraft impacted terrain and exploded within the aerodrome perimeter 28 seconds after getting airborne.