Date:	Friday 5 September 1980
Time:
Type:	Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules
Owner/operator:	Kuwait Air Force
Registration:	KAF317
MSN:	4350
Year of manufacture:	1969
Engine model:	Allison 501-D22A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	London (unknown airport)
Destination airport:	Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT)

Narrative:
Crashed just north of Montélimar after a lightning strike.

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