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3rd Feb 2005, 13:15
FROM sudan.net:
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 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..:confused:
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 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..:confused:
R.I.P