Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Feb 12, 2007, Amarah
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on February 12, 2007 near Amarah, Maysān, Iraq with no fatalities. Cause: Deliberate enemy action: two improvised...
- Date: February 12, 2007
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Amarah, Maysān, Iraq
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Deliberate enemy action: two improvised explosive devices exploded near the touchdown point. Aircraft systems failure was ruled out, and the board found that the sweep procedures were inadequate.
A RAF C-130J landing at a tactical landing zone in Maysan province was hit by two IED blasts near its touchdown point. The aircraft slewed off the runway, a wing fire broke out and it stopped about 700 m past touchdown. No one was hurt, but the damage was too severe to repair and the aircraft was destroyed on the ground.