Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Dec 6, 2005 (106 killed)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on December 6, 2005 near Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran with 106 fatalities. Cause: Failure of engine No....
- Date: December 6, 2005
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 106
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of engine No. 4 for reasons not determined, followed by an aerodynamic stall during the return descent to Tehran-Mehrabad.
An Iranian Air Force C-130 carrying passengers, many of them journalists, reported trouble with engine No. 4 about eight minutes after takeoff from Tehran-Mehrabad and turned back for an emergency landing. The aircraft stalled during the descent and crashed into a residential area, striking a building. All aboard and a number of people on the ground were killed.