2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash

When

26 Jul 2011

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

28.92° N, 10.12° W

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

80

Cause

controlled flight into terrain

Fatal aviation accident near Guelmim, Morocco

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, mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pulled alive from the wreckage but later died of their injuries.

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