Broken fan blade, shutdown of wrong engine led to fatal E-11 crash in Afghanistan, report says January 21 Lt. Col. Paul Voss, left, and Capt. Ryan Phaneuf were killed Jan. 27, 2020 in the crash of their E-11A battlefield communications aircraft in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. (Voss photo via Air Combat Command; Phaneuf photo via Alvirne High School yearbook in Hudson, N.H., courtesy of David Morin) A broken fan blade that led to engine failure, followed by the pilots’ shutoff of the other engine, led to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan last January, according to an accident investigation report released Thursday.