Narrative:
Shot down using a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7). The BN-2 had received takeoff clearance and had just departed from Aweil. It crashed 800 m from the runway.
The Sudanese government accused the SPLA (People's Liberation Army Sudan) of downing the airplane. The SPLA has denied being involved and in turn, accused the government of Sudan.
» BAAA-ACRO
» Thomas Brügge
» Association française des Victimes du Terrorisme
accident date: 21-12-1989
type: IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander
registration: F-OGSM
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 21 December 1989 |
| Time: | 09:05 |
| Type: |  IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander |
| Operator: | Aviation Sans Frontières |
| Registration: | F-OGSM |
| MSN: | 688 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Aweil ( South Sudan)
|
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Aweil Airport (HSAW), South Sudan |
| Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
Shot down using a 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (also known as SA-7). The BN-2 had received takeoff clearance and had just departed from Aweil. It crashed 800 m from the runway.
The Sudanese government accused the SPLA (People's Liberation Army Sudan) of downing the airplane. The SPLA has denied being involved and in turn, accused the government of Sudan.
Sources:
» Aviation Sans Frontières» BAAA-ACRO
» Thomas Brügge
» Association française des Victimes du Terrorisme
Photos
accident date: 21-12-1989
type: IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander
registration: F-OGSM
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 Aweil Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 938 km (586 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Aweil Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 938 km (586 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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