2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash
Lockheed C-130H Hercules · Under investigation
From Dakhla Airport (VIL) to Kenitra Air Base (NNA)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 80 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 80
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
- Aircraft type
- Lockheed C-130
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CNA-OQ
- Operator
- Royal Moroccan Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 80
- Route
- From Dakhla Airport (VIL)To Kenitra Air Base (NNA)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pulled alive from the wreckage but later died of their injuries.
Accident
The aircraft involved, a four-engined Lockheed C-130H Hercules with registration CNA-OQ, was travelling from Dakhla Airport in Morocco to Kenitra Air Base, with a scheduled stopover at Guelmim.
While approaching Guelmim Airport, the Hercules crashed into Tayyert Mountain, approximately 10 km north-east of Guelmin. At that time, the weather in the area was reported as poor.
It was the deadliest aviation accident of 2011, and Morocco's deadliest military aviation disaster.
King Mohammed VI announced three days of national mourning following the crash.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash
- Revision
- 1366041742 · 2026-07-25 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q2641872
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash" (page 32539445, revision 1366041742)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.