Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 8 July 2003
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-2J8C
Owner/operator: Sudan Airways
Registration Number: ST-AFK
Location: 5 km E of Port Sudan – ÿ Sudan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 116 / Occupants: 117
Component Affected: Aircraft engineAircraft engine
Category: Accident
A Boeing 737-200 aircraft crashed in Sudan, resulting in the loss of 116 lives and the survival of one. The aircraft lost power during approach to Khartoum-Civil Airport, returning to Port Sudan and being cleared for ILS runway 35. Visibility was reduced to 2.5 miles in sand, and the aircraft descended and collided with a wasteland approximately 3 miles east of the airport. The wreckage was scattered over 600 feet, oriented on a 150-degree magnetic track. A two-year-old boy, Mohammed el-Fateh Osman, survived the accident and was flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.A Boeing 737-200 aircraft crashed in Sudan, resulting in the loss of 116 lives and the survival of one. The aircraft lost power during approach to Khartoum-Civil Airport, returning to Port Sudan and being cleared for ILS runway 35. Visibility was reduced to 2.5 miles in sand, and the aircraft descended and collided with a wasteland approximately 3 miles east of the airport. The wreckage was scattered over 600 feet, oriented on a 150-degree magnetic track. A two-year-old boy, Mohammed el-Fateh Osman, survived the accident and was flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.

Description

Sudan Airways flight 139, a Boeing 737-200, crashed while on approach to Khartoum-Civil Airport, Sudan, killing 116 occupants; 1 survived the accident. About 15 minutes after takeoff from Port Sudan, the pilot reported the loss of power in one engine. The flight returned to Port Sudan and was cleared for the ILS runway 35 approach. The reported visibility was 2.5 miles in sand. The flightcrew did not sight the runway, and during the missed approach the airplane descended and collided with wasteland about 3 miles east of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated during the impact sequence. The wreckage was strewn a distance of about 600 feet, and oriented on a 150 degree magnetic track. A two-year old boy, Mohammed el-Fateh Osman, survived the accident. He was flown to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.

Primary Cause

Loss of engine power during approach.Loss of engine power during approach.

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