Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 SEP 1991 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules |
| Operator: | Southern Air Transport |
| Registration: | N521SJ |
| C/n / msn: | 4250 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wau Airport (WUU) (South Sudan) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Wau Airport (WUU/HSWW), South Sudan |
| Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
Struck a landmine on takeoff.
Sources:
» Scramble Vol.13, nr.05
» Volkskrant 4.9.91 (p.5)
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Wau Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 1001 km (626 miles).
Distance from Wau Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 1001 km (626 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
