Herculesramp

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Hercules type C-130 similar to the aircraft that crashed July 15, 1996, at Eindhoven Airport, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, during the Herculesramp

The Herculesramp (Dutch for 'Hercules disaster') is an aviation accident that occurred on July 15, 1996 at Eindhoven Airport. The disaster involving a Belgian C-130 Hercules aircraft took the lives of 34 passengers.

At 6:02 PM local time the transport aircraft crashed with a total of 41 passengers: 4 Belgian crew members and 37 young members of the Fanfarekorps of the Royal Netherlands Army at Eindhoven Airport. Because air control failed to inform the Chief Fire Officer about the number of passengers it was assumed that only crew was on board, consequentially fire fighters began putting out the fire instead of rescuing passengers.

The cause of the accident was the ingestion of birds into the two left engines, which caused the plane to go out of control during landing.

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