2bikemike
01-30-2005, 09:42 AM
This could be bad. These planes can carry quite a few troops.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A British military transport plane crashed northwest of Baghdad on Sunday, British and U.S. officials said.
A spokesman for Britain’s Defense Ministry said he had no details about where the C-130 Hercules transport plane had come down, what had caused it to crash or whether there were any casualties.
U.S. officials said the plane crashed near the Iraqi capital, and media reports said the aircraft was on its way to the city of Balad from Baghdad when it crashed.
“I can confirm that a C-130 aircraft has crashed,” the British spokesman said. “It was reported at 1725 local time (9:25 a.m. ET) but we have no details about cause, location or casualties.”
Hercules transport planes can carry military equipment or large numbers of passengers.
British and U.S. troops were helping Iraqi forces ensure security on Sunday as Iraqis voted in the first national election since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.
Insurgents opposed to the election had threatened to kill anyone who tried to vote, and there were at least nine suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad.
Last Wednesday, 30 U.S. marines and one sailor were killed when an American military helicopter crashed close to the Jordanian border.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A British military transport plane crashed northwest of Baghdad on Sunday, British and U.S. officials said.
A spokesman for Britain’s Defense Ministry said he had no details about where the C-130 Hercules transport plane had come down, what had caused it to crash or whether there were any casualties.
U.S. officials said the plane crashed near the Iraqi capital, and media reports said the aircraft was on its way to the city of Balad from Baghdad when it crashed.
“I can confirm that a C-130 aircraft has crashed,” the British spokesman said. “It was reported at 1725 local time (9:25 a.m. ET) but we have no details about cause, location or casualties.”
Hercules transport planes can carry military equipment or large numbers of passengers.
British and U.S. troops were helping Iraqi forces ensure security on Sunday as Iraqis voted in the first national election since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.
Insurgents opposed to the election had threatened to kill anyone who tried to vote, and there were at least nine suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad.
Last Wednesday, 30 U.S. marines and one sailor were killed when an American military helicopter crashed close to the Jordanian border.