IL-76 crash near Khartoum.
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IL-76 crash near Khartoum.
FROM sudan.net:
The IL-76 was operating in the AIR WEST colours and was based out of Khartoum for the past few months. AIR WEST also operates 2 737's out of Khartoum.
A/C on frequency at the time say that the A/C had a fuel problem but didn't decide to divert to Port Sudan en-route.
Details are few and far between, which seems to be the norm with ex-bloc A/C in Sudan, usually followed by stories of overloading and bad maintenence.
Another sad and probally preventable loss..
R.I.P
KHARTOUM, Feb 3 (AFP) - A Sudanese cargo plane crashed in a desert area outside the capital Khartoum on Thursday, killing all seven crew on board, most of them Russians, the official SUNA news agency said.
The plane was flying in from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates when it plunged to the ground shortly before it was due to land in Khartoum. Six Russian crew members and their Sudanese interpreter were killed, SUNA said.
Civil aviation ministry chief Othman al-Badri Abdallah said the plane had run out of fuel according to initial reports from the control tower, the agency said.
The plane belonging to private company Tayaran al-Gharb crashed near the village of Aad Babaker, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) west of Khartoum, after the control tower lost contact at around 8 am (0600 GMT).
Rescuers despatched to the site after residents reported seeing a plane on fire have found two bodies and are continuing the search for the victims, SUNA reported.
But Abdallah said the crash did not cause any other victims or damage as it occurred in an uninhabited desert area.
Last October, four Russian crewmen were killed when an Antonov-12 cargo plane crashed in central Sudan.
The most serious accident of recent years occurred in July 2003 when a Sudanese airliner crashed in the east of the country, killing 115 people. The sole survivor was a two-year-old boy.
The plane was flying in from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates when it plunged to the ground shortly before it was due to land in Khartoum. Six Russian crew members and their Sudanese interpreter were killed, SUNA said.
Civil aviation ministry chief Othman al-Badri Abdallah said the plane had run out of fuel according to initial reports from the control tower, the agency said.
The plane belonging to private company Tayaran al-Gharb crashed near the village of Aad Babaker, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) west of Khartoum, after the control tower lost contact at around 8 am (0600 GMT).
Rescuers despatched to the site after residents reported seeing a plane on fire have found two bodies and are continuing the search for the victims, SUNA reported.
But Abdallah said the crash did not cause any other victims or damage as it occurred in an uninhabited desert area.
Last October, four Russian crewmen were killed when an Antonov-12 cargo plane crashed in central Sudan.
The most serious accident of recent years occurred in July 2003 when a Sudanese airliner crashed in the east of the country, killing 115 people. The sole survivor was a two-year-old boy.
A/C on frequency at the time say that the A/C had a fuel problem but didn't decide to divert to Port Sudan en-route.
Details are few and far between, which seems to be the norm with ex-bloc A/C in Sudan, usually followed by stories of overloading and bad maintenence.
Another sad and probally preventable loss..
R.I.P
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So sad to hear this news.I have worked with a lot of professional (and the opposite as well) Russian / East Block crews over the years but it seems like a comms gap could have been fatal here again.
It would be sad to see such a loss due to a fuel shortage
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From ASN Accident Digest:
Date: 03 FEB 2005
Time: 08:07 local
Type: Ilyushin 76TD
Operator: Air West
Registration: ST-EWB
Msn / C/n: 23438122
Year built: 1982
Crew: 7 fatalities / 7 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 0 on board
Total: 7 fatalities / 7 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 15 km from Khartoum (Sudan)
Phase: En Route
Nature: Freight
Departure airport: Sharjah Airport (SHJ)
Destination airport: Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT)
The Ilyushin cargo plane departed from Sharjah at 03:30 carrying 46 tons of humanitarian aid for refugees in the war-torn province of Darfur. An intermediate stop was planned in Khartoum before it would continue on to Nyala, Sudan. The pilot established contact with the Khartoum control tower at 8:00 and stated that the aircraft had developed problems with the fuel system. The pilot was advised to make an emergency landing at Aad Babaker, about 15km west of Khartoum. The aircraft did not make it and crashed and broke up in the desert. The airplane was reportedly operated by Air West, but probably owned by sister company East/West Cargo, which operates several Il-76 aircraft.
Time: 08:07 local
Type: Ilyushin 76TD
Operator: Air West
Registration: ST-EWB
Msn / C/n: 23438122
Year built: 1982
Crew: 7 fatalities / 7 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 0 on board
Total: 7 fatalities / 7 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 15 km from Khartoum (Sudan)
Phase: En Route
Nature: Freight
Departure airport: Sharjah Airport (SHJ)
Destination airport: Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT)
The Ilyushin cargo plane departed from Sharjah at 03:30 carrying 46 tons of humanitarian aid for refugees in the war-torn province of Darfur. An intermediate stop was planned in Khartoum before it would continue on to Nyala, Sudan. The pilot established contact with the Khartoum control tower at 8:00 and stated that the aircraft had developed problems with the fuel system. The pilot was advised to make an emergency landing at Aad Babaker, about 15km west of Khartoum. The aircraft did not make it and crashed and broke up in the desert. The airplane was reportedly operated by Air West, but probably owned by sister company East/West Cargo, which operates several Il-76 aircraft.
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