ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322787
| Date: | Tuesday 8 July 2003 |
| Time: | 04:17 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2J8C |
| Owner/operator: | Sudan Airways |
| Registration: | ST-AFK |
| MSN: | 21169/429 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 116 / Occupants: 117 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km E of Port Sudan -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Port Sudan Airport (PZU/HSSP) |
| Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
About 15 minutes after takeoff from Port Sudan, the pilot reported the loss of power in one engine. The flight returned to Port Sudan and was cleared for the ILS runway 35 approach. The reported visibility was 2.5 miles in sand. The flightcrew did not sight the runway, and during the missed approach the airplane descended and collided with wasteland about 3 miles east of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated during the impact sequence. The wreckage was strewn a distance of about 600 feet, and oriented on a 150 degree magnetic track.
A two-year old boy, Mohammed el-Fateh Osman, survived the accident. He was flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.
Sources:
AP
Reuters
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); February 1989
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