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Sharjah Outbound Plane Crashes Near KRT

JoKeR From Serbia, joined Nov 2004, 2155 posts, RR: 9
Posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 2046 times:

A cargo plane, presumably of Russian origin, has crashed following a flight from Sharjah to Khartoum. It appears to have been an aid flight. Seven aboard have perished as the pilots tried to swerve the aircraft away from residential area before impact.

R.I.P.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4231913.stm

Kafa, čaj, šraf?

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BuyantUkhaa From Mongolia, joined May 2004, 2781 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 2020 times:

Any info about the airline/aircraft type?

Sad news...

I scratch my head, therefore I am.

SATL382G From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1995 times:

CNN says it's an IL76

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/03/sudan.crash.reut/index.html

BuyantUkhaa From Mongolia, joined May 2004, 2781 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1959 times:

The plane, coming from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and probably carrying aid, was due to land in Khartoum before heading on to Nyala in South Darfur state, he said. It belonged to a private Sudanese company called Air West [...]

http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/north_africa/0,2172,97133,00.html

I scratch my head, therefore I am.

Bennett123 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 6363 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1786 times:

Given that there were 7 on board, an IL76 makes sense.

It is unlikely that there would be passengers and a crew of 5 or 6 plus 1 or 2 loadmasters would make the number. The fact that the crew were Russian or East European also suggests IL76 or AN12.

Backfire From Germany, joined Oct 2006, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1658 times:

EastWest Cargo Il-76, registration ST-EWB.

IL76TD From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 289 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1451 times:

They were a fantastic crew professionally and socially, all of us here are very sad for the loss of them.

For the record, they actually got the plane on the ground fine with only one engine, however the area that they though was flat was actually filled with large holes excavated for mud huts. The plane fell into and popped out of several of those, breaking it apart.

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