Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 25 March 1965
Aircraft Type: Lockheed C-130E Hercules
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 63-7797
Location: Alenon –
ÿ France
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: High-tension cablesHigh-tension cables
Category: Accident
A high-tension cable failure caused a catastrophic crash of an aircraft.A high-tension cable failure caused a catastrophic crash of an aircraft.
Description
Struck high tension cables and crashed.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SI1kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=THUNAAAAIBAJ&dq=france%20plane%20crash&pg=3666%2C4126662https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SI1kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=THUNAAAAIBAJ&dq=france%20plane%20crash&pg=3666%2C4126662Primary Cause
High-tension cable failure.High-tension cable failure.Share on:
