Last updated: 17 January 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Friday 14 November 2014 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe-748-399 Srs. 2B LFD |
| Operator: | Global Airlift |
| Registration: | 5Y-BVQ |
| C/n / msn: | 1778 |
| First flight: | 1981-08-12 (33 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 536-2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Panyagor Airstrip ( South Sudan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Juba Airport (JUB/HSSJ), South Sudan |
| Panyagor Airstrip, South Sudan |
A BAe-748 cargo plane, registered 5Y-BVQ, crashed just short of the airstrip at Panyagor, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Reportedly two crew members sustained fatal injuries.
The aircraft was chartered by Lutheran World Federation and carried a cargo of food and non-food items.
Local media quoted an eyewitness saying that the plane crashed during the second approach. It impacted a residential structure about 20 m from the airstrip.
Sources:
» Radio TamazujPhotos
accident date: 14-11-2014
type: BAe-748-399 LFD Srs. 2B
registration: 5Y-BVQ
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1981 | G-11-20 | British Aerospace | first flight |
| 22 January 1982 | 5U-BAS | Air Niger | delivered |
| 19 November 1991 | C-FKTL | Kelner Airways | bought |
| 26 January 1993 | C-FKTL | Wasaya Airways | Kelner Airways merged into Wasaya |
| 20 March 1998 | SE-LIC | West Air Sweden | bought |
| June 2006 | SE-LIC | Alaire | operated on behalf of Alaire |
| 31 January 2008 | 5Y-BVQ | 748 Air Services | registered |
| November 2011 | 5Y-BVQ | 748 Air Services | CofA expired; stored at Nairobi-Wilson without nr.2 engine |
| 2014 | 5Y-BVQ | Global Airlift |
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 Juba Airport to Panyagor Airstrip as the crow flies is 272 km (170 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Juba Airport to Panyagor Airstrip as the crow flies is 272 km (170 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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.
