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We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • March 17, 1994AccidentHull loss

    En route from Moscow to Tehran, while in cruising altitude over Armenia by night, the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and crashed 3 km north of Stepanakert Airport. All 32 occupants were killed. According to Iranian authorities, all passengers were employees of the Iranian embassy in Moscow flying back home with family members. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by a surface-to-air missile.

    Lockheed C-130 Hercules · 32 fatalities