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2nd Jun 2005, 13:48
June 2, 2005
An Antonov passenger plane crashed on Thursday when it aborted take-off in the Sudanese capital, killing at least five people and injuring two others, Sudanese aviation officials said.
The plane was bound for el-Fasher in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Ahmed Mustafa Jaylani, head of internal flights in the civil aviation authority, said.
"The aircraft crashed at the north end of the runway while taking off. There were 34 passengers on board and six crew," Jaylani said. "So far, we have five people dead and two injured that we know about."
The crash happened at 11.15 a.m. (0815 GMT), he said.
"Just before take-off, it could not leave the ground so the pilot tried to stop with full brakes," civil aviation authority spokesman Abdel Hafiz Abdel Rahim said, adding that the left engine then caught fire.
A witness said the plane was lying at the end of the runway with the left side charred but said the body of the aircraft appeared to be intact.
"This was a complete accident, and the policemen and rescue services came quickly to save us," said Abu Bakr Ibrahim Hassaballah, who was on the aircraft when it crashed but escaped unharmed. Rescue services took the injured to a nearby police hospital, officials said.
Jaylani said Marsiland, a private company operating in Sudan, had chartered the Antonov 24 from the owners, who he identified as the al-Majal company.
(Reuters)
An Antonov passenger plane crashed on Thursday when it aborted take-off in the Sudanese capital, killing at least five people and injuring two others, Sudanese aviation officials said.
The plane was bound for el-Fasher in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Ahmed Mustafa Jaylani, head of internal flights in the civil aviation authority, said.
"The aircraft crashed at the north end of the runway while taking off. There were 34 passengers on board and six crew," Jaylani said. "So far, we have five people dead and two injured that we know about."
The crash happened at 11.15 a.m. (0815 GMT), he said.
"Just before take-off, it could not leave the ground so the pilot tried to stop with full brakes," civil aviation authority spokesman Abdel Hafiz Abdel Rahim said, adding that the left engine then caught fire.
A witness said the plane was lying at the end of the runway with the left side charred but said the body of the aircraft appeared to be intact.
"This was a complete accident, and the policemen and rescue services came quickly to save us," said Abu Bakr Ibrahim Hassaballah, who was on the aircraft when it crashed but escaped unharmed. Rescue services took the injured to a nearby police hospital, officials said.
Jaylani said Marsiland, a private company operating in Sudan, had chartered the Antonov 24 from the owners, who he identified as the al-Majal company.
(Reuters)