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==Accidents and incidents== * 9 February 1975 – [[German Air Force]] C-160D 50+63 en route to a NATO base on [[Crete]] entered a heavy storm, causing it to crash into a mountain. All 42 people on board were killed.<ref>"42 Dead In Plane Crash". ''Playground Daily News'', Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Volume 29, Number 408, 11 February 1975, p. 1.</ref> * 11 May 1990 – During a routine flight from [[Wunstorf Air Base|Wunstorf]] German Air Force 50+39 Air Transport Squadron 62 crashed into a hillside near [[Lohr am Main|Lohr]] during bad weather. The ten crew on board were all killed.<ref>Ungemach, Johannes. [http://www.mainpost.de/regional/main-spessart/Transall-Absturz-vor-20-Jahren-Es-war-furchtbar;art774,5571654 "Transall-Absturz vor 20 Jahren: „Es war furchtbar".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528170608/http://www.mainpost.de/regional/main-spessart/Transall-Absturz-vor-20-Jahren-Es-war-furchtbar;art774,5571654 |date=2013-05-28 }} ''Mainpost'', 10 May 2010.</ref> * 22 October 1995 – A German Air Force C-160 50+43 crashed after takeoff in the [[Azores]] when it collided with a telegraph pole; all seven crew on board were killed.<ref>[https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article663244/Tragflaeche_beruehrte_einen_Mast.html "Tragfläche berührte einen Mast".] ''Die Welt'', 24 October 1995.</ref> * 15 June 2001 – PK-VTQ being operated by [[Manunggal Air Services]] experienced engine problems and performed an emergency landing in [[Indonesia]]; during the forced landing the C-160 ran off the runway, one of the 16 passengers on board was killed.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080306-0 "Aircraft accident Transall C-160NG PK-VTQ Wamena Airport".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035705/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080306-0 |date=2017-11-08 }} ''Aviation-Safety.net'', 21 September 2011.</ref> * 3 November 2021 – A civilian C-160 EY-560 burned up after landing at Dolow in Somalia. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/109524-worlds-only-civilian-c-160-transall-destroyed|title=World's only civilian C-160 Transall destroyed|website=ch-aviation}}</ref> * 25 January 2024 - [[Turkish Air Force]] C-160D made an emergency landing during a training exercise in [[Kayseri]] due to a technical malfunction. While the crew managed to emerge unscratched from the emergency landing the aircraft sustained substantial damage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Incident Transall C-160D 69-036 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/351154 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-25 |title=Turkish C-160 makes emergency landing during training: video |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/turkish-airforce-c-160-emergency-landing-kayseri |access-date=2024-01-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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