Last updated: 5 April 2020
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Saturday 24 December 2005 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-28 |
| Operating for: | African Union |
| Leased from: | Tepavia Trans |
| Registration: | ER-AJE |
| C/n / msn: | 1AJ006-12 |
| First flight: | 1989 |
| Engines: | 2 Glushenkov TVD-10B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Zalingei ( Sudan)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Zalingei Airport (HSZA), Sudan |
| El Fasher Airport (ELF/HSFS), Sudan |
Crashed shortly after takeoff. The plane’s two pilots, a Ukrainian and a Moldovan, were killed.
The Antonov was chartered by the African Union to transport peacekeeping personnel around the Sudanese Darfur region.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» APPhotos
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 Zalingei Airport to El Fasher Airport as the crow flies is 213 km (133 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Zalingei Airport to El Fasher Airport as the crow flies is 213 km (133 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
