Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAY 1996 |
| Type: | Antonov 24RV |
| Operator: | Federal Airlines |
| Registration: | ST-FAG |
| C/n / msn: | 27307909 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Ivchenko AI-24VT |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Haj Yousif (Sudan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF), Sudan |
| Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
After a number of failed approaches to Khartoum due to bad weather (sandstorm), the aircraft tried to make a forced landing in the Northeastern suburb of Haj Yousif. On landing, the aircraft struck a building and crashed.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Flight International 15-21.5.96(12)
» Scramble 205
Photos
LY-AAG was sold to Sudan in 1996.
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 Wadi Halfa Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 697 km (436 miles).
Distance from Wadi Halfa Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 697 km (436 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.
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Antonov 24
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