Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 MAR 1994 |
| Type: | Lockheed AC-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 69-6576 |
| C/n / msn: | 4351 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 14 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Malindi (Kenya) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mombasa-Moi International Airport (MBA/HKMO), Kenya |
| Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ/HCMM), Somalia |
The AC-130H Hercules gunship departed Mombasa (MBA) for a mission to Mogadishu (MGQ) in support of Operation Continue Hope. Reportedly a 105mm shell exploded in a gun barrell. The airplane subsequently crashed into the sea about 200 yards offshore in 10-15 feet of water.
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Sources:
» Toll now 7 in U.S. gunship crash
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mombasa-Moi International Airport to Mogadishu International Airport as the crow flies is 921 km (575 miles).
Distance from Mombasa-Moi International Airport to Mogadishu International Airport as the crow flies is 921 km (575 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
