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The Lockheed C-130H Hercules is a military transport aircraft used by the United States Air Force to transport cargo and personnel. It took off from Keflavik Airport in Iceland and headed across the Atlantic Ocean towards North America.
A US Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft sounded an alarm while flying over Canada. This is evidenced by aircraft tracking data cited by RIA Novosti.
The plane took off from Keflavik Airport in Reykjavik at 09:06 local time (12:06 Moscow time) and headed across the Atlantic Ocean towards North America. Already in Canadian airspace, the plane transmitted an emergency signal.
At the moment the signal was given, the C-130H was at an altitude of about 2.8 thousand meters and flying at a speed of approximately 420 kilometers per hour. Before this, the aircraft dropped sharply from a height of more than seven thousand meters.

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