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2015 Jalalabad USAF C-130J Crash
On October 2, 2015, a Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules of the United States Air Force operated by the 317th Airlift Group and the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, crashed only 28 seconds after takeoff from Jalalabad Airport, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, killing all 11 occupants onboard. A further three were killed on the ground where the C-130 crashed. Background Aircraft The aircraft involved, manufactured in 2011, was a Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft registration, registered as 08-3174 with serial number 5648. It was equipped with four Rolls-Royce AE 2100, Allison AE2100D3 propellers and, in its four years of service, it had logged 2551.7 airframe hours. The aircraft was assigned to the 317th Airlift Group. Previous flight On October 1, 2015, at 21:36 Afghan Time, when the C-130J was departing Bagram Airfield for Jalalabad, the flight experienced a bird strike. It returned to Bagram for a mechanical inspection before again departing Bagram at 22:53 Afghan t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalalabad Airport
Jalalabad Airport (; ), also known as Nangarhar Airport, and referred to as Jalalabad Airfield (JAF) by the U.S. military during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan, is located next to the Kabul–Jalalabad Road, about southeast of Jalalabad, which is the capital of Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan. It is a domestic airport under the country's Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan), Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA), and serves the population of not only Nangarhar but also neighboring Kunar Province, Kunar, Nuristan Province, Nuristan and Laghman Province, Laghman provinces. It is also used by the Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan), Ministry of Defense for military purposes. Security in and around the airport is provided by the Afghan National Security Forces. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, Jalalabad Airport has one Asphalt concrete, asphalt runway measuring around . It also has at least 18 helipads, a number of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
