Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Mar 28, 2014 (5 killed), K...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on March 28, 2014 near Karauli, Rajasthan, India with 5 fatalities. Cause: No official finding found in sources read....
- Date: March 28, 2014
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Karauli, Rajasthan, India
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: No official finding found in sources read. Press reporting attributes the loss of control to wake turbulence from the lead C 130J during a low level sortie, with a former IAF flight safety chief citing a breach of flying discipline.
An Indian Air Force C 130J (KC 3803) departed Agra Kheria on 28 March 2014 for a low level simulated drop exercise with a second C 130. At about 300 feet it encountered wake turbulence from the preceding aircraft, and the crew apparently tried to climb when control was lost. The aircraft crashed into a riverbed near Karauli, Rajasthan, killing all five crew, and was destroyed; an inquiry was ordered and no official findings were published in the sources read.