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Crash of a Lockheed C-130H Hercules at King Hussein AFB: 13 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 25, 2000 at 0600 LT
Operator:
Registration:
348
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
King Hussein AFB - King Hussein AFB
MSN:
4073
YOM:
1965
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
The four engine aircraft was dispatched at King Hussein AFB for a local training mission on behalf of the Jordan Special Forces. While flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet in the vicinity of the airbase, the crew encountered an unexpected situation when the aircraft that entered an uncontrolled descent. At low height, the crew attempted a last correction manoeuvre to avoid power cables when the aircraft crashed in a huge explosion. All 13 occupants were killed. It was reported that the crew encountered unknown technical problems.
Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 in Al-Qatrana: 13 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 2, 1984
Operator:
Registration:
325
Survivors:
No
MSN:
55
YOM:
1976
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a desert area located in Al-Qatrana, about 50 km south of Amman Intl Airport. All 13 occupants were killed.
Crash of a Vickers 610 Viking 1B on Mt Taurus: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 13, 1956
Operator:
Registration:
VK-500
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Amman – Beirut – Athens – London
MSN:
260
YOM:
1949
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft was performing a flight from Amman to London with intermediate stops at Beirut and Athens, carrying four high ranking officers of the Jordanian Air Force (Arab Legion Air Force) on behalf of the Jordanian Government, and two crew members. While overflying Turkey, the airplane hit the slope of a mountain located in the Taurus Mountain Range, about 30 km southwest of Karaman. As the airplane failed to arrive in Athens, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the airplane nor the six occupants was found. The wreckage was eventually spotted in an isolated area six months later. All six occupants have been killed.
