Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Jan 30, 2005 (10 killed)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on January 30, 2005 near Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq with 10 fatalities. Cause: Hostile ground fire caused explosive...
- Date: January 30, 2005
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Hostile ground fire caused explosive separation of the right wing; contributing factors were low-level daylight flying and the lack of fire suppression in the fuel tanks (RAF Board of Inquiry)
A Royal Air Force C-130K on an administrative flight from Baghdad to Balad was hit by ground fire while climbing and crashed near Al Taji, killing all ten aboard. The RAF Board of Inquiry found that hostile action caused the outboard section of the right wing to separate explosively, making the aircraft uncontrollable. Flying low in daylight and the absence of fuel tank fire protection were identified as contributing factors.