Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 26 JUL 2011 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Royal Moroccan Air Force |
| Registration: | CNA-OQ |
| C/n / msn: | 4892 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 71 / Occupants: 71 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 80 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) E of Goulimime Airport (GLN) (Morocco)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dakhla (Villa Cisneros), Western Sahara (VIL/GMMH), Morocco |
| Goulimime Airport (GLN), Morocco |
A Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Goulimime (also known as Guelmim). Seventy-eight occupants were killed instantly and two survived. Both survivors later died. The airplane carried nine crew members, 60 troops and 11 civilians. It operated on a flight from Dakhla to Kinitra with an en route stop at Goulimime.
Sources:
» BBC
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Map
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 Dakhla (Villa Cisneros), Western Sahara to Goulimime Airport as the crow flies is 826 km (516 miles).
Distance from Dakhla (Villa Cisneros), Western Sahara to Goulimime Airport as the crow flies is 826 km (516 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.
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