Accident description
Last updated: 22 June 2018
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Sunday 3 June 2018 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya |
| Registration: | 7T-WHT |
| C/n / msn: | 4911 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Biskra Airport (BSK) ( Algeria)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biskra Airport (BSK/DAUB), Algeria |
| Biskra Airport (BSK/DAUB), Algeria |
The C-130 Hercules transport plane was returning from a mission to drop skydivers when it crashed on approach to Biskra Airport.
The fuselage broke in three.
One crew member died in hospital of his injuries sustained in the accident.
Sources:
» algerie-focus.com» alg24.net
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Video, social media
??#ALERTE #Algérie #Exclusif- L'Hercules C-130 s'est brisé en deux à Biskra (Photo)https://t.co/2pp1C6f7Q3
— Algérie24 (@Alg24net) 3 juin 2018
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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.
