Sudan Airways
Date Location Aircraft Tail number Aircraft damage Fatalities Description
21 February 1967 Khartoum Douglas C-47B ST-AAM W/O 1 /2 During a training flight , lost height on approach and hit the roof of two houses and a truck before crashing . The instructor was killed
6 December 1971 Kapoeta F27-200 ST-AAY W/O 10 /42 The aircraft was flying a domestic scheduled Khartoum- Malakal passenger service when it ran out of fuel , sinking into trees following a force landing near Kapoeta . After the accident , the survivors were held captive by tribesmen
10 May 1972 El Obeid F27-400M ST-ADX W/O 0 /4 Overran the runway on landing at El Obeid Airport with a feathered propeller
18 March 1975 Dinder National Park Twin Otter 100 ST-ADB W/O 5 /6 Crashed during an inspection flight
6 June 1977 El Fasher F27-400M ST-ADW W/O 0 /39 The nosewheel collapsed on takeoff from El Fasher Airport
10 September 1982 Khartoum Boeing 707-320C ST-AIM W/O 0 /11 The aircraft that was on final approach to Khartoum Airport inbound from Jeddah , when it landed in the River Nile after the pilots mistook the moonlit waters with the adjacent runway
5 October 1982 Merowe F27-200 ST-AAS W/O 0 /20 Resulted damaged beyond repair upon landing at Merowe Airport
2 July 1985 El Debba F27-200 ST-AAR W/O 0 /31 Hard landing at El Debba Airport
16 August 1986 Malakal F27-400M ST-ADY W/O 60 /60 The airplane was en route a domestic scheduled Malakal-Khartoum passenger service , when it was shot down with an SA-7 near Malakal by SPLA rebels
25 March 1991 Khartoum F27-200 ST-AAA W/O 0 The aircraft made a belly landing at Khartoum Airport , after it was unable to get fully airborne during take-off
19 July 1998 Khartoum Boeing 737-200C ST-AFL W/O 0 Suffered a hydraulic malfunction shortly after take-off that prompted the pilots to return to the airport of departure . A tyre burst occurred upon landing . The aircraft overran the runway and came to rest in a ditch . Due to operate a scheduled domestic Khartoum- Dongola passenger service
11 June 2002 Khartoum F27-600 ST-SSD W/O 0 /2 Tyres burst after a rejected take-off at Khartoum Airport during a training flight , making the aircraft to drift to the right . The landing gears resulted damaged when the aircraft skidded off the runway
8 July 2003 Port Sudan Boeing 737-200C ST-AFK W/O 117 /117 Due to operate a domestic scheduled Port Sudan-Khartoum service as Flight 139 . Some 15 minutes after take-off , one of the engines lost power and prompted the crew to return to make an emergency landing . However , the runway was missed and the aircraft descended until it hit the ground , 5 kilometres ( 3.1 mi ) east of Port Sudan
10 June 2008 Khartoum A310-300 ST-ATN W/O 30 /214 The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Amman - Damascus -Khartoum passenger service as Flight 109 , when it crashed and subsequently burst into flames upon landing amid stormy weather at the final destination airport , after it veered off the runway . The plane had 214 people on board ; despite most of them managed to escape from the burning aircraft , the accident claimed 30 lives
21 October 2009 Sharjah Boeing 707-320C ST-AKW W/O 6 /6 Crashed into a desert zone 1.6 kilometres ( 0.99 mi ) northwest of Sharjah International Airport immediately after take-off . The aircraft had been leased by Sudan Airways from Azza Transport , and was due to operate a scheduled Sharjah-Khartoum freighter service as Flight 2241
Accidents and incidents
According to Aviation Safety Network , as of December 2011 [ update ] Sudan Airways records 21 accidents/incidents , 7 of them leading to fatalities . [ 68 ] The worst accident experienced by the company took place in July 2003 ( 2003-07 ) near Port Sudan , when 117 people lost their lives on an emergency landing . All events included in the list below carried with the hull-loss of the aircraft involved .
Sudan Airways () is the national airline of Sudan, headquartered in Khartoum. Since 2012, the company has been fully owned by the Government of Sudan. One of the oldest African carriers, it was formed in and started scheduled operations in the following year. It is a member of the International Air Transport Association, of the Arab Air Carriers Organization since 1965, and of the African Airlines Association since 1968, becoming a founding member along with another ten companies. , Sudan Airways had 1,700 employees. The airline has been included in the list of air carriers banned in the European Union .