Last updated: 6 December 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Tuesday 26 July 2011 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Royal Moroccan Air Force |
| Registration: | CNA-OQ |
| MSN: | 4892 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 71 / Occupants: 71 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 80 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) E of Goulimime Airport (GLN) ( Morocco)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dakhla (Villa Cisneros), Western Sahara (VIL/GMMH), Morocco |
| Goulimime Airport (GLN), Morocco |
A Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Goulimime (also known as Guelmim). Seventy-eight occupants were killed instantly and two survived. Both survivors later died. The airplane carried nine crew members, 60 troops and 11 civilians. It operated on a flight from Dakhla to Kinitra with an en route stop at Goulimime.
Sources:
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accident date: 26-07-2011
type: Lockheed C-130H Hercules
registration: CNA-OQ
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Distance from Dakhla (Villa Cisneros), Western Sahara to Goulimime Airport as the crow flies is 826 km (516 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Dakhla (Villa Cisneros), Western Sahara to Goulimime Airport as the crow flies is 826 km (516 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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