By: mongu - 8th July 2003 at 21:30
Not that it may have been relevant to this incident, but one initiative that is being taken is to direct aid toward improved radar and ATC coverage.
Of course, it’ll need maintainence in 2 years and then they will just scrap the system because they will be clueless how to fix it…
By: A330Crazy - 8th July 2003 at 14:26
From BBC news online:
A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.
The dead include 105 passengers and 10 crew members.
Only one passenger, a small child, is said to have survived.
The Sudan Airways Boeing 737 was on an internal flight from Port Sudan on the Red Sea to the capital, Khartoum, about 660 kilometres (410 miles) away when the pilot reported technical problems, state radio said.
It crashed at about 0400 (0100 GMT) in a desolate area about three miles (five km) from Port Sudan airport.
“The plane took off this morning. Minutes later the pilot contacted [airport officials] to say there were difficulties and that he would return to the airport in Port Sudan,” Sudan’s Minister of State for Aviation, Mohammed Hassan al-Bahi, told the station.
“The plane crashed while trying to land at the airport.”
A fire in the wreckage left many victims’ bodies severely charred, and Sudanese television reported that the victims were buried in a mass grave at the scene.
Investigation
Residents in Port Sudan, fearing for relatives, rushed to the airport and gathered in nearby areas waiting for news.
In Khartoum families checked frantically to see if family or friends were on board the flight, Reuters news agency reported.
A passenger list showed that, of those on board, at least 14 were children, including four babies, the French news agency AFP reported.
At least seven foreign nationals: three Indians, one Briton, a Chinese, an Ethiopian, and a United Arab Emirates national were also killed in the crash, it said.
One report also said that the head of Sudan’s air forces had been killed in the crash.
Government spokesman Salah Ali Ahmed told Sudanese national television that the surviving child was in a hospital and in good condition, although one report said the child had lost a leg.
A team consisting of civil aviation authority, Sudan Airways and security officials is to investigate the crash.
Sudan has suffered few passenger plane accidents in recent years. However there have been several crashes involving military aircraft during the country’s 20-year long civil war.
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Air Disaster.com is reporting that the aircraft that crashed was a Sudan Airways 737-200 registered TS-IOE
Picture of exact aircraft can be seen here: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=31532
My condolences go out to the friends and families of those who perished. A very sad day in Africa. 🙁
By: Woundsinger - 8th July 2003 at 12:29
I have just heard the sad news…
My sympathy to the families of those lost.
Has the airline been disclosed?
By: Comet - 8th July 2003 at 08:54
The sole survivor of the crash is a small child (age unknown), who is reported to be doing well in hospital. My sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and I hope the child makes a full recovery.
By: greekdude1 - 8th July 2003 at 07:39
Originally posted by KabirT
and the world just sits and watches.
What do you suggest we do, Kabir, as opposed to sitting and watching?
By: steve rowell - 8th July 2003 at 07:11
God bless them
By: KabirT - 8th July 2003 at 06:58
sad…. my condolances to families of the lost.
the quality of airways in Africa is declining rapidly and the world just sits and watches.
By: EHVB - 8th July 2003 at 06:48
Can confirm it now. Aircraft crashed is/was a Boeing 737. All but one onboard were killed. BW Roger
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