2026 Bolivian Air Force Hercules C-130 crash

When

27 Feb 2026

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

16.51° S, 68.22° W

Description

aviation accident in El Alto, Bolivia

Deaths

22

Injured

30

Aviation accident in El Alto, Bolivia

On 27 February 2026, a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules on a domestic flight from Viru Viru International Airport, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, to El Alto International Airport, La Paz, suffered a runway excursion after landing and crashed onto a busy road, impacting 15 vehicles, killing 24 people, and injuring 43 others.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Bolivian Air Force overshoots the runway while landing at El Alto International Airport near La Paz and collides with several…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se produce un accidente aéreo de un avión de la Fuerza Aérea Boliviana en Bolivia, con daños a propiedad pública y privada”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “طائرة لوكهيد سي-130 تابعة لسلاج الجو البوليفي تنحرف عن المدرج لدى الهبوط وتصطدم بطريق في مدينة إل ألتو، ما أدى لمقتل أكثر من 20 شخصًا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page