Aweil – Khartoum

On December 21, 1989 at 09:05 AM, Aweil – Khartoum experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by Aviation Sans Frontières - ASF, with the event recorded near Aweil Northern Bahr el Ghazal (<U+0634><U+0645><U+0627><U+0644> <U+0628><U+062D><U+0631> <U+0627><U+0644><U+063A><U+0632><U+0627><U+0644>).

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. Shortly after takeoff from Aweil Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by a SAM-7 surface-to-air missile. Out of control, it crashed 800 meters past the runway end. All four occupants were killed. The aircraft was completing an ambulance flight to Khartoum.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-OGSM, MSN 688, year of manufacture 1973.