2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules · Crashed into structure
From Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran to Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND)
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
- 106 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 12
- Occupants
- 94
- 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
- 90 · all on the ground
- 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-130E 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
- 5-8519
- Onboard fatalities
- 94
- Route
- From Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, IranTo Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 6 December 2005 at 14:10 local time (10:40 UTC), a Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine military transport aircraft of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, tail number, crashed into a ten-storey apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, the capital city of Iran.
Accident
The aircraft, bound for Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf, was carrying 10 crew and 84 passengers, of whom 68 were reportedly journalists en route to watch a series of military exercises off the country's southern coast.
Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported engine problems and unsuccessfully attempted to return to Mehrabad International Airport, from which the aircraft had departed. The aircraft came down in a densely populated suburb of Tehran, not far from the airport, crashing into an apartment building where many Iranian air force personnel and their families resided.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash
- Revision
- 1368583462 · 2026-08-09 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q2822708
- 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 "2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash" (page 3337849, revision 1368583462)
- 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: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- 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.