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Sudanese Plane Crashes Killing 116
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - A Sudanese airliner crashed early Tuesday shortly after taking off from Port Sudan airport, killing 105 passenger and 11 crew. Only a child survived, Sudan News Agency reported.
The Boeing 737 was on an internal flight to the capital, Khartoum, when its captain reported trouble, "but fate was quicker," the director of Sudan Airways, Ahmed Ismail Zuwary, told the news agency.
The plane crashed in an empty area near the Port Sudan airport on the Red Sea, it said.
Sudanese officials said an investigators would be sent to the scene of the crash.
Government spokesman Salah Ali Ahmed told Sudanese national television that the child was in a hospital and in good condition.
He said the plane crashed some three miles from Port Sudan airport.
It is not yet known if there were foreigners on board.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - A Sudanese airliner crashed early Tuesday shortly after taking off from Port Sudan airport, killing 105 passenger and 11 crew. Only a child survived, Sudan News Agency reported.
The Boeing 737 was on an internal flight to the capital, Khartoum, when its captain reported trouble, "but fate was quicker," the director of Sudan Airways, Ahmed Ismail Zuwary, told the news agency.
The plane crashed in an empty area near the Port Sudan airport on the Red Sea, it said.
Sudanese officials said an investigators would be sent to the scene of the crash.
Government spokesman Salah Ali Ahmed told Sudanese national television that the child was in a hospital and in good condition.
He said the plane crashed some three miles from Port Sudan airport.
It is not yet known if there were foreigners on board.
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Re Sudan Airways down at PZU;
Yes its my 'work locale' !!!
Believe there were 'foreign nationals' on board;
A/c had done Khartoum - Port Sudan, then Port Sudan to Dongola and return, and then commenced flight to Khartoum;
Will update when I have more, but at present in Khartoum;
Load Toad - I was in the office when one of our local secretaries learnt her father was on the flight!!!
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Yes its my 'work locale' !!!
Believe there were 'foreign nationals' on board;
A/c had done Khartoum - Port Sudan, then Port Sudan to Dongola and return, and then commenced flight to Khartoum;
Will update when I have more, but at present in Khartoum;
Load Toad - I was in the office when one of our local secretaries learnt her father was on the flight!!!
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Mig15: Lord Toads comment was irony NOT racism.
Khasabman: What Lord Toad said wasn't rediculous or irrelevant. You can bet the news services will be looking at whether there were westerners on board when they decide whether to broadcast...
Khasabman: What Lord Toad said wasn't rediculous or irrelevant. You can bet the news services will be looking at whether there were westerners on board when they decide whether to broadcast...
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HD, Mig and K'man. I think you may have misinterpreted Mr. Toad's comment. I look forward to your thoughts as to the relevance of the last line in the initial thread. On thinking though and out of respect to the victims keep them to yourself lest this unfortunate thread turns away from it's purpose.
My comment was not in any way meant to be racist rather I was making an ironic comment at the media's comment about waiting for news of foreigners being on board.
There is a habit in western media to have interest in events which effect westerners and more so say for a British news paper to be interested in an event that effects British citizens (The local interest angle).
However in an initial report of a saddening aircrash I find the 'are foreigners involved?' to be rather pathetic; surely the fact that humans are involved is sad enough without finding out if someone from Chermsley St Alice was on the 'plane?
If you think I'm being racist thats your perogative.
There is a habit in western media to have interest in events which effect westerners and more so say for a British news paper to be interested in an event that effects British citizens (The local interest angle).
However in an initial report of a saddening aircrash I find the 'are foreigners involved?' to be rather pathetic; surely the fact that humans are involved is sad enough without finding out if someone from Chermsley St Alice was on the 'plane?
If you think I'm being racist thats your perogative.
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It is in fact rather ironic Toad that you chose not to address the disaster but the angle YOU were most interested in!
A misguided comment which at times, we are all a little guilty of!
Any further ACTUAL news eg. possible causes? Back to the important bits eh!
A misguided comment which at times, we are all a little guilty of!
Any further ACTUAL news eg. possible causes? Back to the important bits eh!
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East Sudanese B737
Very sad, all but one on board, dead... though amazing... the one survivor being a baby.
Heaven knows what such an innocent, little, supple human body can withstand.
Heaven knows what such an innocent, little, supple human body can withstand.
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I am reminded of the old joke about the Daily Mail:
Earthquake detected in Siberia: No English hurt.
I get what L.T. was on about. How about some news of the poor souls onboard?
Earthquake detected in Siberia: No English hurt.
I get what L.T. was on about. How about some news of the poor souls onboard?
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Load Toad, the point you were trying to make was a very valid one. Unfortunately, it was taken the wrong way because you did not elaborate on it.
It is always very sad when there is any loss of life. My condolence to all the families, and friends.
It is always very sad when there is any loss of life. My condolence to all the families, and friends.
OK, my post was insensative though the point I was trying to make was that we are all 'foreigners' to those not of our own nationality.
In a tragic accident such as this couldn't the report as easily say something like
'..passenger list as yet unavailable, nationalities of casualties unkown, the emergency contact details are...'
I have reasons to get sensative myself about the term 'foreigner' but I won't go into them here.
Cheers for the right to reply & clarify my position.
In a tragic accident such as this couldn't the report as easily say something like
'..passenger list as yet unavailable, nationalities of casualties unkown, the emergency contact details are...'
I have reasons to get sensative myself about the term 'foreigner' but I won't go into them here.
Cheers for the right to reply & clarify my position.
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Cant you all stop your pathetic bitching, who gives a sh!t who said what and to who - an aircraft has gone in with significant loss of life, think about it.
Thoughts and condolences to friends and families. Special thoughts to the families of the crew who will not only have to deal with their loss, but also the subsequent investigation they will endure.
Thoughts and condolences to friends and families. Special thoughts to the families of the crew who will not only have to deal with their loss, but also the subsequent investigation they will endure.
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No significant updates - was probably a 737-200 ex Tunisia
see
http://www.sudan.net/news/posted/6920.html
see
http://www.sudan.net/news/posted/6920.html
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from the CNN website
Child only survivor of Sudan crash
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Posted: 11:28 AM EDT (1528 GMT)
(CNN) -- A child is the only survivor of a Sudan airways passenger jet that crashed, killing 105 passengers and 11 crew.
The plane, a Boeing 737 on a domestic flight, crashed Tuesday morning shortly after takeoff from the Red Sea town of Port Sudan in the northeast of the country.
"Only one child has survived," government spokesman Abdel Hamid Abdeen told CNN. "This is a very, very tragic accident. A big human loss."
The child, a 2-year-old boy, was rushed to hospital in good condition, Red Sea provincial government spokesman Salah Ali Ahmed told Sudanese television, The Associated Press reported.
The plane came down in wasteland about 5 km (3 miles) from Port Sudan airport. No damage or casualties have been reported on the ground.
The pilot reported "technical difficulties" about 10 minutes after the plane took off for Khartoum and crashed a short time later as he tried to return to the Port Sudan airport.
"The pilot contacted the tower and decided to return to the airport. While trying to land, the plane crashed," he said.
Sudan Airways officials said 55 Sudanese men, 27 women,16 children and seven foreigners, including Malaysians and French, were on the flight. No other details on the passengers were known.
The dead were moved from the charred remains of Flight SD 39 to morgues in Port Sudan.
Abdeen said that as far as he was aware the plane had no history of technical problems. Technical teams are being sent from Khartoum to Port Sudan to investigate.
There have been few passenger plane crashes in recent years in Sudan. A year ago, a Sudan Airways cargo plane crashed into a residential area of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, killing 23 people, mostly passengers and crew.
In 1986, 60 people died when a Sudan Airways passenger plane was hit by a guerilla SAM-7 missile shortly after takeoff from Malakal in southern Sudan, where the Islamic government has been fighting a 20-year civil war with rebels.
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Posted: 11:28 AM EDT (1528 GMT)
(CNN) -- A child is the only survivor of a Sudan airways passenger jet that crashed, killing 105 passengers and 11 crew.
The plane, a Boeing 737 on a domestic flight, crashed Tuesday morning shortly after takeoff from the Red Sea town of Port Sudan in the northeast of the country.
"Only one child has survived," government spokesman Abdel Hamid Abdeen told CNN. "This is a very, very tragic accident. A big human loss."
The child, a 2-year-old boy, was rushed to hospital in good condition, Red Sea provincial government spokesman Salah Ali Ahmed told Sudanese television, The Associated Press reported.
The plane came down in wasteland about 5 km (3 miles) from Port Sudan airport. No damage or casualties have been reported on the ground.
The pilot reported "technical difficulties" about 10 minutes after the plane took off for Khartoum and crashed a short time later as he tried to return to the Port Sudan airport.
"The pilot contacted the tower and decided to return to the airport. While trying to land, the plane crashed," he said.
Sudan Airways officials said 55 Sudanese men, 27 women,16 children and seven foreigners, including Malaysians and French, were on the flight. No other details on the passengers were known.
The dead were moved from the charred remains of Flight SD 39 to morgues in Port Sudan.
Abdeen said that as far as he was aware the plane had no history of technical problems. Technical teams are being sent from Khartoum to Port Sudan to investigate.
There have been few passenger plane crashes in recent years in Sudan. A year ago, a Sudan Airways cargo plane crashed into a residential area of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, killing 23 people, mostly passengers and crew.
In 1986, 60 people died when a Sudan Airways passenger plane was hit by a guerilla SAM-7 missile shortly after takeoff from Malakal in southern Sudan, where the Islamic government has been fighting a 20-year civil war with rebels.