Lockheed L 100 Hercules crash, Apr 30, 1968 (22 killed)
Lockheed L 100 Hercules accident on April 30, 1968 near Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad) Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan with 22 fatalities....
- Date: April 30, 1968
- Aircraft: Lockheed L 100 Hercules
- Location: Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad) Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
- Fatalities: 22
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The wing broke in turbulence and the aircraft crashed near Chaklala.
A Hercules transport of the Pakistan Air Force crashed near Chaklala airbase in Islamabad on 30 April 1968 with 22 people aboard, 4 crew and 18 passengers, most of them civilians. All were killed. The Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives attributes the loss to severe turbulence in poor weather, but presents this as a belief rather than a confirmed finding.