ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328351
| Date: | Thursday 24 April 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed EC-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-1809 |
| MSN: | 3770 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Posht-i-Badam -
 Iran
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Destroyed after collision with USMC RH-53D Sea Stallion (158761) helicopter during a US hostage rescue operation.
Sources:
Toledo Blade - Apr 27, 1980
Location
Images:
photo (c) US Air Force; Posht-i-Badam; 24 April 1980; (publicdomain)
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