Sudan | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

En route, a hydraulic leak occurred on the right engine that failed. The crew decided to divert to the abandoned airfield of Merowe. The airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair while all 20 occupants were uninjured.

Probable cause:

Hydraulic leak on the right engine.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson near Saras

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1951

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Avro 652 Anson

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VS504

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An engine failed en route, forcing the crew to perform an emergency belly landing 27 km south of Saras. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both crew members were unhurt.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Vickers Valetta C.1 in Zalingei

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1951

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Valetta

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VW833

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Kano – Al Fashir

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394

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While cruising over the region of Zalingei, both engines stopped simultaneously. The pilot in command reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a dry river located near Zalingei. The aircraft crash landed and came to rest. All six occupants were unhurt while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL near Wadi Halfa

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1948

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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ZS-BWZ

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Yes

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Desert

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Paris – Wadi Halfa – Khartoum – Johannesburg

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9145

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1943

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Shortly after takeoff from Wadi Halfa, a fire erupted in the cockpit. The crew was unable to extinguish the fire so the captain was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a desert area located few km from the airport. The aircraft written off while all 26 occupants escaped uninjured.

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The opinion was formed that the fire started in the left hand side of the pilot's compartment because of an electric short in the extension lamp, producing sufficient heat to ignite propeller deicing fluid, which, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee was of opinion must have leaked from the tank behind the Commander's seat. On available evidence, the crew made all possible efforts to extinguish the fire, but the effectiveness of their actions was nullified by the restricted area of operations and the inaccessibility of the seat of the fire. In view of the direct evidence of a blue flame at the time of the conflagration, there would appear to have been a high percentage of methyl spirits in the deicing fluid. This is confirmed by tests made of deicing fluid taken from other aircraft serviced by the same maintenance organisation which did not conform with specification An-F-13.

Crash of a Lockheed C-60A-5-LO LodeStar in Wadi Halfa

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1948

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed C-60 LodeStar

Operator:

Air Transport - Belgium

Registration:

OO-GVP

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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18-2320

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1943

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Just after liftoff, the twin engine aircraft stalled and crashed in flames. All 14 occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. The crew was completing a flight from Belgian Congo to Brussels via Sudan.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Ed Dueim

Date & Time: Jan 20, 1948

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

Operator:

African Air Cars

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VP-KDJ

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Khartoum – Malakal

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Ed Dueim

White Nile (النيل الأبيض)

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Sudan

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Africa

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Enroute to Malakal, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Ed Dueim for unknown reason. While both crew members were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Port Sudan

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1947

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII

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ZS-BUL

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Cargo

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Johannesburg – Nairobi – Port Soudan – Jeddah

MSN:

1329

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1945

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Port Sudan

Red Sea (البحر الأحمر)

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Sudan

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Africa

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The aircraft crashed on landing in Port Sudan Airport for unknown reason. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all seven crew members were unhurt.

Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura V near Aljammalab: 15 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1947 at 1930 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed PV-1 Ventura

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6501

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Desert

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Pretoria – Malakal – Khartoum – Cairo – London

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Aljammalab

White Nile (النيل الأبيض)

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Sudan

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Africa

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Enroute to Khartoum, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Aljammalab, about 100 km southwest of Khartoum. The aircraft was destroyed and all 15 occupants were killed. All of them were pilots flying to UK to take deliver of Spitfire for the SAAF.
Crew:
Maj Frederick Welgemoed, pilot,
Lt Hermanus Gerhardus van Rooyen, copilot,
Petrus Andries Burger, flight engineer,
Cpl Leslie Donovan Case, wireless operator.
Passengers:
Maj Andrew Christian Bosman, pilot,
Cpt Hendrik Christoffel Weideman Liebenberg, pilot,
Lt Ronald Leslie Crisp, pilot,
Lt Jacobus Stephanus Gericke, pilot,
Lt Robert Cecil Hirst, pilot,
Lt Hermanus Johannes Kritzinger, pilot,
Lt John Jurie Landman, pilot,
Lt Peter David Nelson, pilot,
Lt Peter Nicolay, pilot,
Lt Norman Peter Prinsloo, pilot.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando in the Sudanese Desert: 9 killed

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Curtiss C-46 Commando

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42-96541

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Flight

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Military

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Desert

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30203

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1944

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In flight, the pilot lost control of the aircraft following an engine failure. The aircraft crashed in a desert area located some 185 km north of Wadi Seidna AFB, in the suburb of Khartoum. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl John M. Anderson,
Cpt Harold Billups,
Pfc George Brodsky,
2nd Lt Norman Crossley,
1st Lt Frederick P. Downing,
T/Sgt Charles W. Hammock,
S/Sgt Noel A. Holleman,
Pfc Silvio T. Scardapane,
Pfc Milton J. Warrick.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Lockheed C-60A-5-LO LodeStar in Khartoum: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed C-60 LodeStar

Operator:

Registration:

42-55921

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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18-2336

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On rotation, the aircraft stalled, hit the runway surface and veered off before coming to rest. The captain Thomas L. Eyre was killed in the accident while all other occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

The loss of control was caused by an engine failure.