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It was an Us Hercules the aircraft crashed Wednesday in Iran

Teheran, Iran - They're 30 years aging transport planes

It was a a C-130 Hercules the Iranian military aircraft crashed on Wednesday, 40 km south of Tehran, killing 7 soldiers on board (to see also AVIONEWS, 26/06/03). The transport plane had been acquired from the United States more than 30 years ago, and it is not a case, therefore, that the first sources speak about a technical failure. The government of Tehran bought in the first 70s 48 C-130 transport...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 47300
Rome, Italy, 06/27/2003 11:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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