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2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash

Fatal aviation accident near Guelmim, Morocco

Field	Value
image	CNA-OJ Lockheed C-130H (7344721564).jpg
caption	A Moroccan Air Force C-130H Hercules similar to the one involved
occurrence_type	Accident
date	26 July 2011
summary	Under investigation
site	Near Guelmim Airport, Guelmim, Morocco
coordinates
aircraft_type	Lockheed C-130H Hercules
operator	Royal Moroccan Air Force
tail_number	CNA-OQ
origin	Dakhla Airport, Dakhla, Morocco
stopover	Guelmim Airport, Guelmim, Morocco
destination	Kenitra Air Base, Kenitra, Morocco
occupants	80
passengers	71
crew	9
fatalities	80
survivors	0

On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pulled alive from the wreckage but later died of their injuries.

Accident

The aircraft involved, a four-engined Lockheed C-130H Hercules with registration CNA-OQ, was travelling from Dakhla Airport in Morocco to Kenitra Air Base, with a scheduled stopover at Guelmim.

While approaching Guelmim Airport, the Hercules crashed into Sayyert Mountain, approximately 10 km north-east of Guelmin. At that time, the weather in the area was reported as poor.

It was the deadliest aviation accident of 2011, and Morocco's deadliest military aviation disaster.

King Mohammed VI announced three days of national mourning following the crash.

References

(26 July 2011). "Morocco military plane crash kills 78". [[BBC News Online]].
(26 July 2011). "Plane crash kills 78 in Morocco". [[CNN]].
(26 July 2011). "80 dead in Moroccan military plane crash". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
"ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules CNA-OQ Goulimime Airport (GLN)".
(26 July 2011). "Scores killed in Moroccan plane crash". [[Al Jazeera English.
[http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/morocco-military-plane-crash-kills-80-no-survivors/455486 "Morocco Military Plane Crash Kills 80, No Survivors"] {{Webarchive. link. (28 September 2012 by Omar Brouksy [[Jakarta Globe]]. 27 July 2011)

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