Khartoum - Monrovia

On April 16, 1983 at 12:00 AM, Khartoum - Monrovia experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Air Liberia, with the event recorded near Khartoum Khartoum (<U+0627><U+0644><U+062E><U+0631><U+0637><U+0648><U+0645>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 188.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 9.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Khartoum-Haj Yusuf Airport, while in initial climb, the right engine failed. The crew declared an emergency and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. While completing a turn, the airplane lost height and crashed in a district located about 4 km southeast of the airport. The aircraft and several buildings were destroyed. The flight engineer was seriously injured while eight other occupants and nine people on ground were killed. Eight other people on the ground were injured as well.

Aircraft reference details include registration EL-AIH, MSN 1755, year of manufacture 1978.