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C-130 Accidents & Mishaps for the Royal Air Force

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Found 18 aircraft, displaying 16- 18 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
12 Feb 2007 [ w/o] ZH876 RAF LTW C-130J Details
Seriously damaged in landing mishap while deployed to Iraq and destroyed when it was determined to be too dangerous to repair. First C-130J loss.
23 Apr 2013 [ act] ZH870 C-130J Details
Hail caused heavy surface damage to this and four other RAF C-130s on this day at Kandahar, Afghanistan. The golf ball sized hail also killed three Afghan residence in the area. Aircraft were flown back to Marshall ADC for repairs.
Aug 2017 [ w/o] ZH873 C-130J Details
Suffered a heavy landing incident in Iraq (Erbil AB). Assessed extensively but eventually deemed a write-off. First UK air loss during Op Shader.

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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