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Date | 23 November 2009 |
Summary | Undetermined |
Site | Le Rene, Coltano, Italy |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed Martin KC-130 |
Operator | Italian Air Force |
ICAO flight No. | IAM62176 |
Call sign | ITALIAN AIRFORCE 62176 |
Registration | MM62176 |
Flight origin | Pisa International Airport, Pisa, Italy |
Occupants | 5 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Survivors | 0 |
On November 23 2009, a Lockheed Martin KC-130 crashed into a railway shortly after taking off from Pisa International Airport. All 5 people on board were killed. The aircraft broke up and caught fire when it hit the ground.The cause of the crash is still undetermined.
Details
editThe aircraft was a Lockheed Martin KC-130 operated by the Italian Air Force, which at the time was 9 years-old with manufacter serial number 5497.
The aircraft departed from Pisa for a training or military flight (depends source). The aircraft failed to gain altitude, came in a railway, broke up and caught fire. The aircraft crashed at Le Rene, a village in Italy, and all 5 occupants on board died.