ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321661
| Date: | Tuesday 5 August 2008 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United Arab Emirates Air Force |
| Registration: | 1212 |
| MSN: | 4985 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bagram Air Base (BPM) -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The UAE military transport plane delivering humanitarian aid to Afghanistan skidded off a runway while trying to land in bad weather. A fire erupted in the forward fuselage.
A UAE C-130H with serial 1212 was seen in 2011. It's unclear if this airframe was repaired or if this was a new Hercules using the same serial.
Sources:
herkybirds.com
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Boscombe Down RAF Station (EGDM); July 1990
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