View Full Version : Yet another crash in Sudan
Contract Dog
30th Jun 2008, 05:26
This time Ababeel IL76 crashed after take off and burst into flames in Khartoum city.
Condolences to the familys
Dog
V1... Ooops
30th Jun 2008, 06:46
The initial BBC report: Plane crash near Sudan airport (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7480659.stm)
cochise
30th Jun 2008, 13:05
Hey Dog! That looks like they departed runway 18 and crashed before or after Africa road? Currently out of country hence not up to date.
PitchandFan
30th Jun 2008, 15:20
In aviation, natural selection is so much more spectacular than in other spheres of life!:ooh:
V1... Ooops
1st Jul 2008, 10:21
From the Sudan Tribune (http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article27709):
June 30, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir issued a decree today relieving the chief of the civil aviation authority Gen. Abu-Bakr Gaa’far. Ibrahim Abdullah Abd Al-Karim was named as the new civil aviation authority chief.
Sudan official news agency (SUNA) also reported that Al-Bashir banned all Russian made planes from operation.
The decision by the Sudanese president comes in the aftermath of a cargo plane crash today near Khartoum airport shortly after takeoff killing four Russian crew members...