Accident description
Last updated: 23 June 2018
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Monday 20 January 2014 |
| Time: | 09:35 |
| Type: |  Antonov 28 |
| Operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | UP-A2805 |
| C/n / msn: | 1AJ008-22 |
| First flight: | 1990 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | ca 20 km NE of Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD) ( Ethiopia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN), Uganda |
| San'a International Airport (SAH/ODSN), Yemen |
En route to San'a, Yemen, in Ethiopian airspace, the airplane sustained an engine problem. The pilots made an emergency landing but the plane crashed on approach to Addis Ababa International Airport. There were no passengers in the airplane. Both pilots were hospitalized.
The airplane came down in the Legedadi area, northeast of the Bole Airport at Addis Ababa.
Sources:
» Ukraine plane crashes on the outskirts of Addis Ababa (The Reporter 25-1-2014)» A Ukrainian Antonov Crashed Near Addis (DireTube, 22-1-2014)
» Soviet Transports
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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 Entebbe Airport to San'a International Airport as the crow flies is 2139 km (1337 miles).
Distance from Entebbe Airport to San'a International Airport as the crow flies is 2139 km (1337 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.
