Draft:2009 Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130 crash

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2009 Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130
Accident
Date23 November 2009 (2009-11-23)
SummaryUndetermined
SiteLe Rene, Coltano, Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLockheed Martin KC-130
OperatorItalian Air Force
ICAO flight No.IAM62176
Call signITALIAN AIRFORCE 62176
RegistrationMM62176
Flight originPisa International Airport, Pisa, Italy
Occupants5
Crew5
Fatalities5
Survivors0

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.

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The 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.