List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules: Difference between revisions
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7 April 1969 - Iranian AF C-130E 5-112, c.n. 4154, crash at Shiraz, Iran, sim. two engines out |
29 April 1969 - C-130B 61-2637, c.n. 3673, cr. landed at Loc Ninh, SVN, burned |
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* [[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]]'''[[March 24]] [[1969]]:''' Six crew members were killed when an [[RAF]] C-130K, XV180, c.n. 4196, crashed shortly after take off at [[Fairford]] in [[Gloucestershire]]. The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it stalled on take-off and plunged into a ploughed field 300 yards from the end of the runway. <ref> The Times, Tuesday, [[25 March]] [[1969]]; pg. 2; Issue 57518; col F </ref>
* '''[[April 7]] [[1969]]''' Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E 5-112, c.n. 4154, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, crashed at [[Shiraz]], [[Iran]], while simulating two engines out.
*[[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[April 29]] [[1969]]:''' C-130B 61-2637, c.n. 3673, of the 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit in wheel well, crash landed at [[Loc Ninh]], [[South Vietnam]], burned.
*[[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 18]] [[1969]]:''' [[USMC]] KC-130F BuNo 149814, c.n. 3723, of VMGR-352, collided head-on with F-4B BuNo 151450 while refuelling another F-4B over South Vietnam.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 23]] [[1969]]:''' A drunken U.S. Air Force crew chief started up a C-130E, 63-7789, c.n. 3856, of the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron at [[RAF Mildenhall]] and took off in it headed for Langley AFB, Virginia. He crashed into the [[English Channel]] off [[Alderney]] shortly thereafter.<ref name="avs2">{{cite web
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