On 11 November 2010, an

Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by Kyiv, Irku ...

passenger aircraft of Tarco Air on a domestic service from

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

Zalingei Zalingei or Zalinjay is a town in Western Sudan, and is capital of the state of Central Darfur. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 27,258. The town is home to the University of Zalingei. Transports The city is served by the Zalingei ...

, Sudan, crashed on landing at

Zalingei Airport Zalingei Airport is an airport serving the city of Zalingei in Central Darfur, Sudan. Accidents and incidents * On 11 November 2010, an Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) i ...

, bursting into flames on the runway. Two passengers died, although reports on the number of fatalities varied from one to six.

Accident

The airplane had departed

Khartoum International Airport Khartoum International Airport (Arabic:مطار الخرطوم الدولي) is the principal airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The current airport will be replaced by the New Khartoum International Airport in Omdourman 40 kilom ...

at 13:27 on 11 November and, after a stopover at

Nyala The lowland nyala or simply nyala (''Tragelaphus angasii'') is a spiral-horned antelope native to southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Tragelaphus'', previously placed in genus ''Nyala''. It was first described in ...

, arrived at Zalingei at 16:18, finding good weather conditions. The Antonov landed heavily on Zalingei's dirt runway 03, bounced and made another heavy contact with the ground, causing the landing gear and engines to shear off. Fuel from the ruptured wings ignited, and the resulting fire consumed most of the wreckage.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a twin-turboprop

with Sudanese registration ST-ARQ. It was built in 1970.

Investigation

Sudan's Air Accident Investigation Central Directorate (SAAICD) conducted an investigation into the crash. It found that the

flight data recorder A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. The device may often be referred to as a "black box", an outdated name which has b ...

did not contain any data, and that the

cockpit voice recorder A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. The device may often be referred to as a "black box", an outdated name which has b ...

contained only four minutes of recording, of which none where from the accident flight. The SAAICD attributed the accident to the flight crew's poor performance and co-ordination in executing the landing. Four safety recommendations were made.

References

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