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On 26 July 2011, a
C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 ...
military transport aircraft operated by the
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crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the
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, 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
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in
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to Kenitra Air Base, with a scheduled stopover at Guelmim. While approaching
Guelmim Airport Guelmim Airport is an airport serving Guelmim, a city in the central Guelmim-Oued Noun region in Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks ...
, the Hercules crashed into Sayyert Mountain, approximately 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."Morocco Military Plane Crash Kills 80, No Survivors"
by Omar Brouksy
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. 27 July 2011 King Mohammed VI announced three days of national mourning following the crash.


See also

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List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules More than 15 percent of the approximately 2,350 Lockheed C-130 Hercules production hulls have been lost, including 70 by the US Air Force and the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Not all US C-130 losses have been crashes, 29 of ...


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