2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules · Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather
From Tamanrasset, Algeria to Constantine, Algeria
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
- 77 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 78
- Survivors
- 1
- 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
- 1
- 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-30 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
- 7T-WHM
- Operator
- Algerian Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 77
- Route
- From Tamanrasset, AlgeriaTo Constantine, Algeria
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 11 February 2014, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force, carrying 74 passengers and 4 crew members, crashed into Djebel Fertas mountain near Aïn Kercha, Algeria. Only one person survived.
The aircraft impacted mountainous terrain during its descent toward Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport in poor weather conditions, that included strong winds and snowfall, which reduced visibility in the region.
This was the largest crash in the country since the 2003 Air Algérie Flight 6289, in which 103 people died.
Accident
Contact with the aircraft was reportedly lost between Constantine and Oum El Bouaghi just before noon and air traffic controllers dispatched helicopters to search for it.
The sole survivor, a soldier, was taken to a military hospital in Constantine due to injuries from head trauma. The passengers included soldiers and members of their families.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
Recovery teams located one of the two flight recorders, according to El Watan. Emergency services recovered 76 bodies from the site.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
- Revision
- 1352125050 · 2026-05-02 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q15726739
- 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 "2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash" (page 41909770, revision 1352125050)
- 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.