2012 Norwegian Air Force C-130 crash

Aviation accident in Sweden Royal Norwegian Air Force Lockheed C-130J Hercules Lofting.jpg A Royal Norwegian Air Force C-130 similar to the one involved Accident 2012 03 15 y Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and ATC error Mount Kebnekaise, Lapland, Sweden 67 54 N 18 31 E type:event inline,title 5 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Siv Royal Norwegian Air Force HAZE 01 5630 Harstad/Narvik Airport, Harstad, Norway Kiruna Airport, Kiruna, Sweden 5 5 5 0 On 15 March 2012, a C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (no Luftforsvaret) crashed into the western face of Mount Kebnekaise near Kiruna, Sweden.Her er siste tegn fra flyet Atle Jørstad http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079153 Verdens Gang Norwegian 15 March 2012 17 March 2012 etal https://web.archive.org/web/20120316183216/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079153 16 March 2012 live All five people on board were killed.Body parts found at Hercules crash site http://www.thelocal.se/39734/20120317/ The Local 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319233815/http://www.thelocal.se/39734/20120317 19 March 2012 live Accident The plane left Evenes Airport at 13:40 and was scheduled to arrive at Kiruna Airport at 14:30.Fly sporløst borte – fem nordmenn savnet Rune Thomas Ege http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079136 Verdens Gang Norwegian 15 March 2012 17 March 2012 etal https://web.archive.org/web/20120317054150/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079136 17 March 2012 live The aircraft was participating in the "Cold Response" military exercise, which also involved forces from Germany, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. The aircraft appeared to have flown straight onto the edge"Went almost clear of the mountainside" https://web.archive.org/web/20120421180946/http://www.tu.no/motor/2012/03/19/gikk-nesten-klar-av-fjellryggen 21 April 2012 , Teknisk Ukeblad 19 March 2012. Retrieved: 7 August 2012. of the western wall of Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain.Body parts found at plane crash site in Sweden Karl Ritter http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/nation-world-news/body-parts-found-at-plane-crash-site-in-sweden-1345382.html Dayton Daily News 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 June 2016 medicmedic According to a police spokesperson, the aircraft probably exploded after crashing, setting off an avalanche. Human remains were found in the avalanche area. The radar plots show the aircraft maintained a straight course over the last 50 km of the flight until impact, in line with the planned route. The plots did not indicate tactical low-level flying, although that was an optional plan for part of the route if weather conditions allowed. Just prior to the crash, Swedish air traffic controllers at Kiruna cleared the Hercules to descend to 7,000 ft m off us. This altitude is just 20 meters above the height of the top of the Kebnekaise mountain.http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10053225 Hercules-flyet fikk klarsignal til å fly lavere enn Kebnekaise - VG Nett om Hercules-ulykken 11 May 2012 11 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120512195159/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10053225 12 May 2012 live The altitudes for the continuous radar plots remained in the possession of the accident investigation board and were not released.Flyet holdt planlagt kurs da det styrtet Andreas Budalen Gerd Elise Martinsen http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8041231 NRK Norwegian 19 March 2012 26 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321182704/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8041231 21 March 2012 live Aircraft The aircraft involved was a Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft with RNoAF serial 5630. It was the last of four such planes acquired by the Norwegian military between 2008 and 2010 and was named Siv.Tredje ulykken med det nye Hercules-flyet Paal Wergeland Heidi Magnussen http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8038397 NRK Norwegian 16 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120317120437/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8038397 17 March 2012 live The commander, 42-year-old Ståle Garberg, had 6229 flight hours, while the first officer, 46-year-old Truls Audun Ørpen, had 3286 flight hours. Both were considered to be experienced airmen. Victims A total of five people (a crew of four plus an extra officer) were aboard the aircraft when it crashed. All of them were Royal Norwegian Air Force officers and "among the most experienced" in the Norwegian military, according to the head of the Norwegian Armed Forces.Plane 'smashed' into Sweden's tallest peak http://www.thelocal.se/39724/20120317/ The Local 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319211311/http://www.thelocal.se/39724/20120317 19 March 2012 live The names of the missing were released by the military on 16 March 2012.Navnene på de savnede er offentliggjort Kristine Hellem Aanstad http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079149 Verdens Gang Norwegian 15 March 2012 17 March 2012 etal https://web.archive.org/web/20120316181050/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079149 16 March 2012 live Dette er mannskapet som er savnet etter flystyrten Kristian Ervik http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/dette-er-mannskapet-som-er-savnet-etter-flystyrten-3734764.html TV 2 Norwegian 16 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319005338/http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/dette-er-mannskapet-som-er-savnet-etter-flystyrten-3734764.html 19 March 2012 live Timeline 13:40 The Norwegian Hercules plane takes off from Evenes in northern Norway, destination Kiruna, Sweden. 14:43 Radio contact with the plane. 14:5x The Kiruna Airport control tower had radio contact with the plane shortly before the last radar observation. The exact time and details or transcripts of this conversation were not published during the investigation.Hercules-flyets siste samtale hemmeligstemplet: Snakket med flytårn like før de krasjet Hilda Nyfløt Sigrid Moe http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/03/20/nyheter/kebnekaise/hercules-ulykken/letemannskap/20760440/ Dagbladet Norwegian 20 March 2012 26 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322190315/http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/03/20/nyheter/kebnekaise/hercules-ulykken/letemannskap/20760440/ 22 March 2012 live 14:56 Last radar observation of the aircraft just west of the 6950 feet high Kebnekaise mountain peaks, by civilian radar (Kiruna, distance 75 km mi) at 7200 feet. Military radar at Sørreisa (distance 130 km mi) registered last altitude at 7600 feet at about the same time.Varmesignatur var ikke savnet fly: Redningsleder: 'Urolig for at de kan ha kommet nær fjelltopp' Audun Beyer-Olsen http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079158 Verdens Gang Norwegian 16 March 2012 26 March 2012 etal https://web.archive.org/web/20120318153229/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079158 18 March 2012 live Aftermath Following the accident, a search effort led by Swedish rescue service was launched, but was hampered by snow, wind and cloud cover, impeding helicopter reconnaissance. Around 4 pm Central European Time on 16 March, a Norwegian P-3 Orion aircraft participating in the search spotted an orange or red object on the ground in the Kebnekaise mountain range.Overvåkingsfly har gjort funn ved Kebnekaise Kristian Ervik http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/overvaakingsfly-har-gjort-funn-ved-kebnekaise-3735357.html TV 2 Norwegian 16 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318042618/http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/innenriks/overvaakingsfly-har-gjort-funn-ved-kebnekaise-3735357.html 18 March 2012 live Kan ha funnet deler av ulykkesflyet Rune Thomas Ege http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079240 Verdens Gang Norwegian 16 March 2012 17 March 2012 etal https://web.archive.org/web/20120317163918/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10079240 17 March 2012 live Danish EH101 helicopters attempted to locate and identify the object, but due to the weather conditions, the search was called off before any finds were made. Later thousands of pieces of wreckage and debris were located at the site identified by the Orion aircraft.Har funnet et jakkeerme Johannes Børstad http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8038941 NRK Norwegian 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 etal https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015103/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8038941 18 March 2012 live Some of the parts showed burn marks and smelled of kerosene. Footage recorded by the Orion plane showed what appeared to be soot and ashes spread over the side of the mountain.Her krasjet Hercules-flyet http://www.tv2.no/play/nyheter/utenriks/her-krasjet-hercules-flyet-601588.html TV 2 video Norwegian 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322132940/http://www.tv2.no/play/nyheter/utenriks/her-krasjet-hercules-flyet-601588.html 22 March 2012 live Through the use of search dogs, human remains were discovered and relocated for DNA testing,Svensk politi: Har funnet kroppsdeler Vilde Helljesen http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.8039516 NRK Norwegian 17 March 2012 17 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015127/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.8039516 18 March 2012 live and subsequently on 17 March the search for survivors was called off since it was believed that all five people on board had been killed and the aircraft destroyed.Norwegian Hercules plane missing in Sweden http://www.thelocal.se/39694/20120315/ The Local 15 March 2012 17 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120316232533/http://www.thelocal.se/39694/20120315/ 16 March 2012 Norwegian aeroplane missing in Sweden http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=729418&vId= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211824/http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=729418&vId= dead 3 March 2016 Sky News Australia 16 March 2012 17 March 2012 Efforts were refocused on an accident investigation. Investigation The investigation was headed by the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority with participation of the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board.Vi kommer til å finne svaret Kjell Mikalsen & Andreas Budalen http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8046493 NRK Norwegian 22 March 2012 22 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322203730/http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8046493 22 March 2012 live The aircraft is considered to have been completely destroyed by the impact and the following explosion, and on 22 March work began on moving debris from the temporary investigative base in Nikkaluokta near the crash site to an aircraft hangar at Kiruna Airport, but efforts were still being hampered by adverse weather and the discovery of further cracks in the glacier on which the debris is located.Utredningsarbetet i Kebnekaisemassivet http://www.havkom.se/news.asp?newsID=601 Swedish Accident Investigation Authority 22 March 2012 25 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223110607/http://www.havkom.se/news.asp?newsID=601 23 February 2014 dead "Telemark Battalion cleans on Kebnekaise" https://web.archive.org/web/20120810011624/http://www.tu.no/miljo/2012/08/06/telemark-bataljon-rydder-pa-kebnekaise 10 August 2012 , Teknisk Ukeblad 6 August 2012. Retrieved: 7 August 2012. In August 2012 both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were found"Voice recorder found" https://web.archive.org/web/20120807040852/http://www.tu.no/motor/2012/08/05/fant-taleregistrator-ved-kebnekaise 7 August 2012 , Teknisk Ukeblad 5 August 2012. Retrieved: 7 August 2012."Flight data recorder found" https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202344/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Ferdskriveren-fra-Hercules-flyet-funnet-6963823.html 29 October 2013 , Aftenposten 12 August 2012. Retrieved: 12 August 2012. and flown to the United Kingdom where experts at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch are aiding local authorities in salvaging data from the two recordersMarfelt Birgitte Britiske specialister lirker sandheden om norsk flystyrt ud af boksene http://ing.dk/artikel/131231-britiske-specialister-lirker-sandheden-om-norsk-flystyrt-ud-af-boksene Ingeniøren 16 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017071514/http://ing.dk/artikel/131231-britiske-specialister-lirker-sandheden-om-norsk-flystyrt-ud-af-boksene 17 October 2012 dead as Sweden does not have the expertise to handle flight recorders as damaged as the ones found in the wreckage. By 3 October 2012 NRK reported that data from the flight recorders had been successfully downloaded, and preliminary results have indicated that the terrain warning system was set for landing, so no warning was given before impact.HOLMSTRÖM MIKAEL Ingen varning före kraschen http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ingen-varning-fore-kraschen_7750628.svd Svenska Dagbladet 13 December 2012 12 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121214014656/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ingen-varning-fore-kraschen_7750628.svd 14 December 2012 live The accident report was repeatedly delayed,Budalen Andreas Johansen Adrian Dahl Hercules-rapporten blir utsatt til april http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.10900354 NRK 5 February 2013 14 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130206175515/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.10900354 6 February 2013 liveAndersen Barbro Hercules-rapporten kommer først om noen måneder http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.10937289 NRK 5 March 2013 14 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130307020534/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.10937289 7 March 2013 live but was released by the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission) on 22 October 2013RM 2013_02_e.pdf (English Version) havkom.se 22 October 2013 http://www.havkom.se/virtupload/reports/RM%202013_02_e.pdf 12 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010223/http://www.havkom.se/virtupload/reports/RM%202013_02_e.pdf 3 December 2013 dead stating: The accident was caused by the crew on HAZE 01 not noticing the shortcomings in the clearances issued by the air traffic controllers and to the risks of following these clearances, which resulted in the aircraft coming to leave controlled airspace and be flown at an altitude that was lower than the surrounding terrain In 2019 it became known that the flight crew did not have maps showing the height of Kebnekaise mountain. The map they were issued had little or wrong information about the terrain in Sweden, because the Air Force lacked map data for Sweden. This was information that did not appear clearly in the accident report, but as an internal investigation by the Air Force, started after a former Air Force employee had notified about it in 2017.https://www.nrk.no/nordland/kebnekaise-flyet-floy-med-feil-kart-1.14485005 Kebnekaise-flyet fløy med feil kart (Norwegian) Skjåstad Lysvold Susanne 22 March 2019 NRKhttps://www.klassekampen.no/article/20190322/ARTICLE/190329989 Gransker ulykken på nytt (Norwegian) Lysberg Magnus 22 March 2019 Klassekampen Tallaksen Simen References September 2019 Aviation Norway Sweden Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2012 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Sweden Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by air traffic controller error Category:2012 in Sweden Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules Category:Accidents and incidents involving Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft Category:Kebnekaise Category:March 2012 in Europe Category:21st century in Norrbotten County