The Story of C130 Crash The Commanders of Samen Olaeme Operation by the Pilot

Colonel Pilot Solati in the anniversary of C130 crash, an aircraft carrying martyred commanders of Samen Olaeme Operation, recounted the incident.
Reported by Jamaaran quoted from ISNA, retired colonel Solati, pilot of C130 aircraft transporting martyred commanders, in memorial ceremony of commanders Javad Fakouri, Mohammad Jahan Ara, Vali Ollah Fallahi, Yousef Kolahdouz and Seyyed Mousa Namjou said: It is very difficult for me to give a speech in the anniversary of this plane crash in the spot of the incident, but I have to say that I’m one of the pilots with the most tours of flight during war and I joined the war from the beginning.
“Before I was summoned for this mission to transfer a number of commanders to Tehran, I visited late Hamtian and told him that I’ve covered a lot of missions and I need rest and it is my anniversary and I have a disabled child. I need to rest one day but he said that the mission precedes my needs and I accepted. Maybe, it was the will of God”, he said.
Colonel Solati continued: “we landed in Ahwaz airport and Shahid Fallahi and Fakouri were walking along the ramp. The hospital authorities asked me to transport a number of the wounded to Tehran. I said that I can’t decide and I visited General Fallahi. He accepted the request. So a number of wounded were boarded. Before we board the aircraft they took our weapons and again returned them. I asked Shahid Fallahi: what does this mean? He said: let your weapon be your faith.”
In his speech, he described the incident in details and said: when we took off and travelled for a while, suddenly we heard an explosion resulting from electricity damage and immediately four aircraft engines stopped function. I contacted Saneie and dispatch using the battery inside the plane and since the aircraft was flying towards the refinery, I was ordered to change course towards Kahrizak. It was a difficult task since the hydraulic was not functioning. Martyr Fakouri joined me in the cabin and once he realized there is nothing to do, he said: young man, cool down and gain control over the plane. I said that I’m cool and doing my job. Till we reached 4200 feet, I was expecting to hit something but unfortunately we experienced IFAk and the plane crashed. The last thing that I remember was calling “Hossein”, then I experienced instant coma. When I woke up, I realized that both sides of the aircraft are on fire. I threw myself out of the aircraft window. Following the crash, local mobilized forces approached us and believing that it is an enemy aircraft opened fire. I explained that we are national forces and they assisted in the rescue of 23 others. We even moved two wounded on stretchers. Shahid Fakouri was trying to remove aircraft tires that an explosion happened and two sides of the aircraft burnt.
At the end of the ceremony, five compact discs of martyr commanders of this crash were demonstrated and the crash spot was covered with flowers.
C130 aircraft crashed on September 21, 1981 carrying martyr commanders of Samen Olaeme Operation, in “Dotouyeh” village in Kahrizak and commaders Fallahi, Fakouri, Namjou and Jahan Ara were martyred.

Translated by Natali Haghverdian