ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318986
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 2021 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 5022 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gijet -
 Ethiopia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Mekele Airport (MQX/HAMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
A Lockheed Hercules of the Ethiopian Air Force has been destroyed in an accident near Gijet, Ethiopia. Unconfirmed reports suggest the aircraft was downed by the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) during the armed conflict known as the Tigray War that started in November 2020 between Ethiopia and the Tigray Region.
The aircraft was a Hercules, formerly operated by Ethiopian Airlines as ET-AJK, was seen in an all white colour scheme at Addis Ababa - Bole International Airport in 2006 without any serial number.
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