Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 15 MAR 2012 |
| Time: | ca 14:56 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Royal Norwegian Air Force - RNoAF |
| Registration: | 5630 |
| C/n / msn: | 5630 |
| First flight: | 2010 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce AE 2100D3 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mount Kebnekaise (Sweden)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport (EVE/ENEV), Norway |
| Kiruna Airport (KRN/ESNQ), Sweden |
A Lockheed C-130J Hercules military transport plane was destroyed when it flew into the side of a glacier near Mount Kebnekaise, Sweden. All five on board were killed.
The flight departed Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport (EVE) at 13:41 on a flight to Kiruna Airport (KRN). It was part of a three ship formation in the exercise Cold Response 2012 where three aircraft were to fly to Kiruna to pick up personnel and gear. A German Air Force Transall C-160 had taken off at 13:30 and arrived at Kiruna as planned. Last radio contact with C-130J 5630 was at 14:43 with Kiruna Tower and radar contact was lost at 14:56.
Search operations are hampered by cloud cover and poor visibility due to strong winds. The wreckage was finally located on March 17, at 08:30. Debris was scattered on the side of a glacier.
Sources:
» Aftonbladet
» VG.no
» Sjöfartsverket
» AP
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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 Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport to Kiruna Airport as the crow flies is 167 km (105 miles).
Distance from Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport to Kiruna Airport as the crow flies is 167 km (105 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.
