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| Date: | Sunday 14 September 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Saudi Air Force - RSAF |
| Registration: | 453 |
| MSN: | 4128 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 89 / Occupants: 89 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED) -
 Saudi Arabia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED/OEMA) |
Crashed after engine failure on takeoff.
Sources:
Flight International, 27 September 1980
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