Incident Overview
Date: Friday 17 June 1966
Aircraft Type: Lockheed C-130E Hercules
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 63-7785
Location: 8 km off Phu Hiep –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: The Lockheed C-130E Hercules aircraft.The Lockheed C-130E Hercules aircraft.
A Lockheed C-130E Hercules aircraft crashed into the sea during a routine transport flight between Vietnam and the U.S. air base at Okinawa, Japan. The incident is suspected to have been caused by sabotage by Vietnamese communist sympathizers working at the base.A Lockheed C-130E Hercules aircraft crashed into the sea during a routine transport flight between Vietnam and the U.S. air base at Okinawa, Japan. The incident is suspected to have been caused by sabotage by Vietnamese communist sympathizers working at the base.
Description
The Lockheed C-130E Herculesÿoperated on a routine transport flight between Vietnam and the U.S. air base at Okinawa, Japan. The airplane exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. It was suspected that the airplane had been sabotaged by Vietnamese communist sympathizers who worked at the base.
Source of Information
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Sabotage by Vietnamese communist sympathizers.Sabotage by Vietnamese communist sympathizers.Share on:
