Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Mar 17, 1994 (32 killed)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on March 17, 1994 near Stepanakert, Yukhari Garabakh, Azerbaijan with 32 fatalities. Cause: Shot down by a...
- Date: March 17, 1994
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Stepanakert, Yukhari Garabakh, Azerbaijan
- Fatalities: 32
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Shot down by a surface-to-air missile; responsibility is disputed.
An Iranian Air Force C-130 flying from Moscow to Tehran with embassy staff and family members was shot down at night over Nagorno-Karabakh and crashed near Stepanakert. All 32 people on board were killed. Accounts differ on who fired, with Armenian forces named in some reports and other explanations offered by Iran and Azerbaijan.