Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Hercules C-130 crashed-Sahara desert in Morocco

RABAT: A Moroccan military plane slammed into a mountainside near Guelmim in the south of the country, killing all 80 people aboard, a hospital source said.Hercules C-130 crashed on the edge of the Sahara desert in Morocco's of military aviation.

Military plane flying from the southern city of Agadir to Laayoune in the Western Sahara with "six crew, 60 soldiers and 12 civilians", it added.The statement blamed the accident on "bad weather conditions"."This is a military plane that is used for the transport of troops, but also of their families. It is widely used in the Sahara," an interior ministry official added.

"Above all, it was the fog and bad weather conditions that are believed to be behind this accident. But for the moment, we don't have enough information," the source said.

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