Khartoum - Al Fashir

On October 7, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Khartoum - Al Fashir experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-12, operated by AZZA Air Transport, 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 charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

22 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 68.2%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft was performing a flight from Khartoum to Al Fashir with 16 passengers and a crew of six on behalf of the Sudanese National Army. Few minutes after he departed Khartoum-Haj Yusuf Airport, the crew informed ATC about an engine failure and was cleared to return. Few seconds later, a second engine failed on the same side and the crew attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed in a desert area located about 22 km from Khartoum Airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact. 13 occupants were killed while nine other were seriously injured. Few days later, two passengers died from their injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration ST-ARV, MSN 7 34 53 10, year of manufacture 1967.