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Razor61
31st Mar 2005, 23:09
bbc.co.uk
31st March 05

A US military plane with nine people on board has crashed in central Albania.
There are believed to be no survivors in the crash near the town of Gramsh, some 80km (50 miles) south-east of Tirana, Albanian officials say.

The plane hit a mountain after apparently flying too low in the uninhabited region, reports say.

The aircraft was taking part in joint exercises with the Albanian military, an Albanian defence ministry spokesman told the Associated Press news agency.

The incident occurred at about 2000 local time (1800 GMT), with local villagers speaking of hearing a loud explosion.

The Albanian News24 television station reported that the crash site was hard to reach, adding that a helicopter war seen circling the area.
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The Headline actually said a 'jet' had crashed...
16 blades
31st Mar 2005, 23:20
Just heard it on Fox News, a C-130 apparently. Another sad day. I hope beyond reason that there will be survivors.

Awaiting further news.

16B
Razor61
31st Mar 2005, 23:21
Sadly, CNN are already reporting it is a C-130.
propulike
1st Apr 2005, 10:11
It is being reported that it is an American C-130 that was based at Mildenhall, UK. Of the nine people missing, four bodies have been found.

RIP. Not good times for the Herc community.

:(

(Link to news story) (http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5645202&cKey=1112337325000)
MajorMadMax
1st Apr 2005, 17:09
Actually, a MC-130H TALON II with the 7th Special Ops Squadron of the 352d Special Ops Group out of Mildenhall. There were no survivors...

Godspeed, guys!

M2
ORAC
2nd Apr 2005, 05:49
TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- Search teams recovered all nine bodies Friday from the wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in mountainous southern Albania during a joint exercise....four bodies were found earlier Friday, and five more were found inside the plane, Albanian officials said.
TEEEJ
2nd Apr 2005, 20:53
A sad loss of crew. This is the fourth MC-130H to be lost in the past three years. Serial 84-0475 and 90-0161 were lost in 2002. Serial 85-0012 was lost in 2004.