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RAF C-130 crashed in Iraq attacked by hostile fire

London, United Kingdom - A technical problem with the aircraft has been excluded

The RAF Hercules C-130 crashed in the Western Iraq last January 30 (see for details AVIONEWS), was shot down by hostile fire. A Pentagon US General confirmed it: "I personally believe that there may have been hostile action or something that happened inside the aircraft, but I don’t think it was mechanical in nature", the General Lance Smith, deputy commander of the US Central Command of Tampa (Florida) s...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 114129
Rome, Italy, 02/14/2005 13:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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