UK C-130 Crashes in Iraq
Posted 1-30-2005 at 07:02 PM
The C-130 Hercules based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, crashed about 40 kilometres north west of Baghdad, say US officials.
It was not known if troops or equipment were on board, said the Combined Press Information Centre in Baghdad.
The incident happened around 1340 GMT.
According to reports it was en route from Baghdad to the city of Balad, north-west of the capital, which houses one of the largest US airbases in Iraq.
Helicopters are at the scene and have observed the wreckage.
A British Army spokesman in Iraq said: "We can confirm that a UK C130 Hercules has crashed in central Iraq.
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There was no immediate word on casualties, but the wreckage was scattered over a large area.
The C-130 Hercules based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, crashed about 40 kilometres north west of Baghdad, say US officials.
It was not known if troops or equipment were on board, said the Combined Press Information Centre in Baghdad.
The incident happened around 1340 GMT.
According to reports it was en route from Baghdad to the city of Balad, north-west of the capital, which houses one of the largest US airbases in Iraq.
Helicopters are at the scene and have observed the wreckage.
A British Army spokesman in Iraq said: "We can confirm that a UK C130 Hercules has crashed in central Iraq.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4220649.stm
