[MilCom] Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 Crashes, Killing 78

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Multiple news sources report that a C-130H has crashed in Morocco. Summary from the various articles :



- C-130H

- 81 persons on board, "essentially military".

- 78 fatalities
- 3 survivors

- Departed GMML (Laayoune) direct GDAM (Agadir).

- Diverted to (GLN) Guelmim.

- Crashed into mountainous terrain in bad weather while on approach


The Royal Moroccan Air Force operates approximately 18 C-130H's.

Here are the above aircraft regs and hex codes:

Hex      Reg

------ CNA-OA
------ CNA-OC
------ CNA-OD
------ CNA-OE
------ CNA-OF
020031 CNA-OG
------ CNA-OH
020037 CNA-OI (Logged on 02/14/11)
020038 CNA-OJ (Logged on 07/05/11)
020039 CNA-OK (Logged on 06/19/11)
02003A CNA-OL (Logged on 07/10/11 as RMAF0213)
02003B CNA-OM (Logged on 07/14/11)
------ CNA-ON
------ CNA-OO
02003E CNA-OP (Logged on 03/10/11)
------ CNA-OQ (***BELIEVED TO BE DOWNED AIRCRAFT***) (One of three RMAF C-130H's with SLAR (Side-Looking Airborne Radar))		Photo
------ CNA-OR
020041 CNA-OS (Logged on 07/25/11 as RMAF203)

Has anyone heard about a registration number? I've heard an unconfirmed report that it was CNA-OQ.




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