Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Mar 21, 1991 (98 killed)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on March 21, 1991 near Ras al-Mishab, ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia with 98 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended too...
- Date: March 21, 1991
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Ras al-Mishab, ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia
- Fatalities: 98
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended too low in poor visibility caused by smoke from oil well fires, darkness and fog; the crew was not rated for instrument landings and the runway weather beacons were not switched on.
A Royal Saudi Air Force C-130H carrying Senegalese soldiers approached Ras al-Mishab in heavy smoke from burning oil wells. The crew descended too low and the aircraft struck the ground a few km from the airfield. 98 occupants were killed and three survived.