A BELGIAN AIR force Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules crashed with 41 on board at Eindhoven air base in the Netherlands on 15 July, killing its crew of four and 28 passengers. Nine others were badly injured. All passengers were members of the Dutch Royal Army Brass Band. The crash is the first involving a Belgian air force C-130H since the type entered service 25 years ago.
The crew was making a visual flight rules landing, with the aircraft seen to be flown, on a steep turning approach at 500ft (150m), in almost ideal weather conditions. When the aircraft flared, the port wing hit the runway, the outer wing broke off, the aircraft swung around violently and left the runway.
Fire broke out, destroying the forward section of the fuselage and the cockpit.
Source: Flight International
