SUDAN AVIATION RECORD GETS ANOTHER BLOW WITH F50 CRASH IN AWEIL
A Kenya registered Fokker 50, used for flights inside Sudan by the International Organization for Migration IOM, crashed yesterday late afternoon while attempting to land in Aweil / South Sudan, coming from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum with a full passenger load of Southern Sudanese due for repatriation. According to information now finally verified, the aircraft belongs to a Kenyan registered airline, Skyward International Aviation and is registered with the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority as 5Y-CAN. The company according to a source at Nairobi’s Wilson airport has two F50 on their books, the other one being out on lease and registered as 5Y-BYE
From available details, sketchy as they are right now, it is only known that all passengers and crew apparently survived the crash although the plane sustained serious damage to hull, undercarriage and engines. Additional information received would indicate that the crew of the ill fated F50 could have been warned by pilots of at least two other flights of the poor strip condition but appear to have ignored the advice and landed anyway. From pictures now received it is evident that one wing partly detached and the gear collapsed, though not certain if this happened on landing or when sliding off the runway.
Kenya and Sudan civil aviation authorities are putting an accident investigation team together which will, as a result of the crash location, be led by South Sudan’s department of civil aviation but assisted by investigators from Nairobi where the plane was registered and from Khartoum where the plane was stationed and operated by on behalf of the IOM.
One of the reportedly 57 on board was seriously injured but it could not be verified if crew or passenger.
The aircraft in question according to aviation data at hand is nearly 23 years old and first entered service in 1990. No details at all could be obtained from on site nor from Juba or Khartoum over the possible causes of the accident and even the weather information was unavailable at the time of rushing this report as breaking news to press.
6 Responses
the image that you have posted is that of an antonov 26 and not a fokker 50. the runway in aweil is in good condition. pleas update your blog
So I was informed – the picture in question appears to be taken in Yida where a day earlier an Antonov crashed. Thanks for your input and thanks for reading my blog.
W.
This aircraft pictured though is an antonov and not the Fokker 50!!
Seen and taken off. This was apparently from a crash in Yida the day before.
Thanks for reading my blog.
W.
That’s not a Fokker 50 picture.
Duly noted and removed.
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W.