Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 20 December 2009
Aircraft Type: British Aerospace BAe-748-398 Srs. 2B
Owner/operator: 748 Air Services
Registration Number: 5Y-YKM
Location: Tonj Airfield –
ÿ South Sudan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41
Component Affected: Aircraft nose and port undercarriageAircraft nose and port undercarriage
Category: Accident
A British Aerospace BAe-748 turboprop plane crashed at Tonj Airport, Warrap State, Sudan, resulting in the death of a woman and the disappearance of a child. The aircraft sustained significant damage due to a runway excursion, impacting nearby houses and causing structural damage to the nose and port undercarriage.A British Aerospace BAe-748 turboprop plane crashed at Tonj Airport, Warrap State, Sudan, resulting in the death of a woman and the disappearance of a child. The aircraft sustained significant damage due to a runway excursion, impacting nearby houses and causing structural damage to the nose and port undercarriage.
Description
A British Aerospace BAe-748 turboprop plane, registered 5Y-YKM, was damaged when it suffered a runway excursion at Tonj Airport, Warrap State, southern Sudan. None of the occupants was injured but a woman on the ground was killed after being hit by the plane. The airplane carried presidential security personnel because First Vice-President and President of Government of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit were planning to visit the state. After leaving the runway, the aircraft struck a group of houses being built, causing severe damage to the nose and the port undercarriage was ripped off. Apart from the woman on the ground being killed, a child of the same woman is missing and believed to be beneath the aircraft.
Primary Cause
Runway excursion and impact with structures.Runway excursion and impact with structures.Share on:
