1998 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crash

1998 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crash
An Antonov An-32 similar to the aircraft involved
Accident
Date12 February 1998
SummaryRunway overshoot in inclement weather
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-32
Operator Sudanese Air Force
Registration7744
Flight originMalakal Airport, South Sudan
DestinationNasir Airport, South Sudan
Occupants57
Passengers50
Crew7
Fatalities26
Survivors31

On 12 February 1998, a Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crashed in Nasir killing several of the country's most senior government leaders, including the Vice-President Zubair Mohamed Salih.[1][2]

On the morning of 12 February 1998, the pilots of a Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 turboprop attempted to land at Nasir Airport. The craft overshot the end of the runway and slid into the Sobat River.[3] The Sudanese government announced that fog and strong winds had caused the crash.[4] The SPLA's spokesman in Nairobi announced that the crash had not been an accident, but had been caused by an SPLA attack.[1]

Casualties

Of the 57 crew and passengers on board, 26 drowned in the river. Among the dead were:

Information Minister Brigadier Mohamad Kheir and another minister survived.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 McKinley, James (13 February 1998). "Influential Sudan Official Is Killed in Plane Crash". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Taban, Alfred (13 February 2013). "Sudan's First Vice President killed in plane crash". Reuters – AlertNet. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Committee for Peace and Reconstruction in Sudan. (28 February 1998). "Nasir Plane Crash". Sudan Update. 9 (4): 1. ISSN 1352-0393. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Air Crash Kills High Sudanese Leaders". AP. 13 February 1998.
  5. ↑ "Vice President of Sudan dies in plane crash". CBC News. 12 February 1998. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Quantin, Patrick (2005). Gouverner les sociétés africaines: acteurs et institutions. Paris: Karthala. p. 296. ISBN 978-2-84586-644-7.
  7. ↑ "Sudanese Vice President killed in plane crash". BBC News. 12 February 1998. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sudan buries plane crash victims". BBC News. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
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