Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Jan 5, 1990, Menongue
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on January 5, 1990 near Menongue, Cuando Cubango, Angola with no fatalities. Cause: Shot down by a missile after...
- Date: January 5, 1990
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Menongue, Cuando Cubango, Angola
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Shot down by a missile after takeoff from Menongue.
A Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules (D2-THB) of Angola Air Charter was hit by a missile on the No. 4 engine shortly after takeoff from Menongue. The crew turned back, the right wing caught fire and hydraulics failed, and the aircraft overran the runway and was destroyed, but all occupants escaped with minor injuries.