ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules KAF322 Shayka Mayhar Air Base
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Date:Wednesday 27 February 1991
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Operator:Kuwait Air Force
Registration: KAF322
MSN: 4949
First flight: 1983
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Shayka Mayhar Air Base (   Iraq)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
During Iraq's invasion of Kuwait City in 1990, KAF322 was captured and flown to Iraq. It received damage by a RAF Buccaneer during a coalition attack on Shayka Mayhar AB. It was cut-up and transported back to Kuwait at the end of the war and ended up being scrapped. 

Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» C130 Hercules Headquarters


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photo of Lockheed-L-100-30-Hercules-KAF322
accident date: 27-02-1991
type: Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
registration: KAF322
 
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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