Kiev - El Alamein - Khartoum

On July 20, 2018 at 01:25 AM, Kiev - El Alamein - Khartoum experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-26, operated by Kaz Air Trans, with the event recorded near El Alamein Matruh.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Kiev to Khartoum with an intermediate stop in El Alamein, Egypt. While cruising by night, the crew informed ATC that he was short of fuel and attempted an emergency landing in a desert area located about 50 km east of El Alamein Airport. The aircraft belly landed, slid for few dozen metres and came to rest, broken in two. There was no fire. All six crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It is reported that the crew was forced to make an emergency landing due to fuel shortage, probably caused by strong headwinds all along the flight.

Aircraft reference details include registration UP-AN611, MSN 114 04, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.8412°, 28.9483°.