Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 30 JUN 2003 |
| Time: | ca 10:45 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya |
| Registration: | 7T-WHQ |
| C/n / msn: | 4926 |
| First flight: | 1982 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Blida (Algeria)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Boufarik Airport (DAAK), Algeria |
| Boufarik Airport (DAAK), Algeria |
Shortly after takeoff from Boufarik Air Force Base, an engine caught fire. The Hercules crashed into the Beni Mered district on the outskirts of Blida, destroying at least four houses.
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» AFP
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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.
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