2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash

Fatal aviation accident near Guelmim, Morocco

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2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash
Accident
A Moroccan Air Force C-130H Hercules similar to the one involved
Date	26 July 2011
Summary	Under investigation
Site	Near Guelmim Airport, Guelmim, Morocco 29°03′N 9°56′W / 29.050°N 9.933°W / 29.050; -9.933
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed C-130H Hercules
Operator	Royal Moroccan Air Force
Registration	CNA-OQ
Flight origin	Dakhla Airport, Dakhla, Morocco
Stopover	Guelmim Airport, Guelmim, Morocco
Destination	Kenitra Air Base, Kenitra, Morocco
Occupants	80
Passengers	71
Crew	9
Fatalities	80
Survivors	0

On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pulled alive from the wreckage but later died of their injuries.

Accident

The aircraft involved, a four-engined Lockheed C-130H Hercules with registration CNA-OQ, was travelling from Dakhla Airport in Morocco to Kenitra Air Base, with a scheduled stopover at Guelmim.

While approaching Guelmim Airport, the Hercules crashed into Sayyert Mountain, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi; 5.4 nmi) north-east of Guelmin. At that time, the weather in the area was reported as poor.

It was the deadliest aviation accident of 2011, and Morocco's deadliest military aviation disaster.

King Mohammed VI announced three days of national mourning following the crash.

References

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"Plane crash kills 78 in Morocco". CNN. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
^ "80 dead in Moroccan military plane crash". The Daily Telegraph. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
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^ "Morocco Military Plane Crash Kills 80, No Survivors" Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine by Omar Brouksy Jakarta Globe. 27 July 2011

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2010 ◄ ► 2012

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2011 (2011)

Jan 1 Kolavia Flight 348Jan 9 Iran Air Flight 277Feb 10 Manx2 Flight 7100Feb 14 Central American Airways Flight 731Mar 1 SLAF Kfir mid-air collisionMar 5 Garbuzovo Antonov An-148 crashMar 21 Trans Air Congo An-12 crashApr 1 Southwest Airlines Flight 812Apr 4 Georgian Airways Flight 834Apr 19 Pawan Hans Mi-17 crashMay 7 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968May 18 Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428May 18 Omega Aerial Refueling Services Flight 70Jun 20 RusAir Flight 9605Jul 4 Missinippi Airways Cessna 208 crashJul 6 Silk Way Airlines Flight 995Jul 8 Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952Jul 11 Angara Airlines Flight 9007Jul 13 Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896Jul 26 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crashJul 28 Asiana Airlines Flight 991Jul 29 EgyptAir Flight 667Jul 30 Caribbean Airlines Flight 523Aug 6 Afghanistan Chinook shootdownAug 9 Avis-Amur Flight 9209Aug 14 South Africa Piaggio Albatross crashAug 20 First Air Flight 6560Sep 2 Chilean Air Force C-212 crashSep 6 Aerocon Flight 238Sep 7 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl charter plane crashSep 16 Reno Air Races crashSep 25 Buddha Air Flight 103Sep 29 Nusantara Buana Air Flight 823Oct 13 Airlines PNG Flight 1600Oct 14 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crashOct 18 Iran Air Flight 742Nov 1 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16Nov 11 Arkansas Piper Cherokee crashDec 10 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash

2010 ◄ ► 2012

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Morocco
1950s–1960s	French hijacking of the FLN plane (October 1956) ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961) Air France Flight 2005 (September 1961)
1970s	Berrechid crash (April 1970) Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash (December 1973) Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash (August 1975)
1980s–1990s	T&G Aviation DC-7 incident* (December 1988) Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 (August 1994) PauknAir Flight 4101 (September 1998)
21st century	Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash (July 2011)
Asterisks (*) = occurred in the Western Sahara

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