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Video: US-Led Coalition Plane Overshoots Landing, Crashes Into Barrier at Iraq's Taji Airbase

© New Jersey National Guard/Mark OlsenA U.S. Air Force C-130 H2 Hercules with the Delaware Air National Guard’s 166th Airlift Wing flies over the Boardwalk during the 2019 Atlantic City International Airshow “A Salute To Those That Serve” at Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 21, 2019
A U.S. Air Force C-130 H2 Hercules with the Delaware Air National Guard’s 166th Airlift Wing flies over the Boardwalk during the 2019 Atlantic City International Airshow “A Salute To Those That Serve” at Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 21, 2019 - Sputnik International
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A US Air Force C-130 overshot the runway at Iraq's Taji Airbase at 10:10 p.m. local time on Monday and crashed into a wall, causing a small fire and structural damage, the official military spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve said in a Monday statement.

"The airfield fire and rescue team were on the scene within 4 minutes, extinguished the fire, and assisted an evacuation of the plane. Four Service Members on the plane sustained non-life-threatening injuries and are being treated at Camp Taji’s medical facility," the statement notes.

​​"Enemy activity is not suspected; the incident remains under investigation. The quick actions of the airfield crash, fire and rescue team helped patients, and limited damage to equipment and infrastructure,” the statement continues.

The C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed by US aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin.

Camp Taji is a military installation used by coalition forces and located about 17 miles north of the city of Baghdad.

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