ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320845
| Date: | Wednesday 21 November 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Yemen Air Force |
| Registration: | 420 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9 km S of Sana'a International Airport (SAH) -
 Yemen
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sana'a International Airport (SAH/ODSN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Antonov 26 transport plane, operated by the Yemen Air Force, was destroyed in an accident near in San'a, Yemen. All ten crew members were killed.
The airplane came down in the abandoned Al-Hasaba Marketplace, about 9 km south of the San'a International Airport (SAH), on the extended runway 18 centreline.
News sources quoted the Ministry of Transport saying that the airplane was coded '420', although there are no known Antonov aircraft with that code operating for the Yemen Air Force.
Sources:
Reuters
Al-Sahwah.net
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