It was the last of four such planes acquired by the Norwegian military between 2008 and 2010 and was named "Siv".
On 15th March 2012 a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military aircraft crashed into the western snowy mountain side a short distance below the ridge that runs between the mountain's two highest peaks, the 2012 Norwegian C-130 crash.
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BBC News reported that journalists at the scene were attacked by Iranian security forces, who confiscated their tapes.
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SBS World News reported that riot police were called in to control onlookers who were blamed for blocking the access of emergency workers.
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The Mehr news agency reports 40 journalists on board worked for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, and the others were from the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iranian Students' News Agency and Fars News Agency, and several newspapers.