Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Nov 23, 2009 (5 killed), P...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on November 23, 2009 near Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei (Arturo dell'Oro), Tuscany, Italy with 5 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: November 23, 2009
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei (Arturo dell'Oro), Tuscany, Italy
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Under investigation. No official cause was found; witnesses described a left turn and loss of altitude before impact.
A KC-130J of the Italian Air Force on a training sortie from Pisa, including touch-and-go landings, went out of control shortly after climbing away. It crashed on a railway road about 3 km southwest of the airfield and burned. All five crew were killed.