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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Khartoum - Merowe

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10194

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1962

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Aircraft flight hours:

33950

Aircraft flight cycles:

23052

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Crashed upon landing at Merowe Airport in unknown circumstances. There were no injuries among the 20 occupants.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-15-DK near Karima

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1978

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Warbirds of Great Britain

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G-BFPU

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London - Nice - Karima - Aden

MSN:

15247/26692

YOM:

1944

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The crew was completing a flight from London-Gatwick to Aden with intermediate stops in Nice and Karima, and was supposed to deliver the airplane to Alyemda in Aden. Technical problems occurred on the leg from Gatwick to Nice and the crew was forced to divert to Toulon where spark plugs and carburetor were changed on the left engine. While flying in the region of Karima, the right engine oil pressure and cylinder head temperature exceeded the limits and the propeller oversped. In such conditions, the crew feathered the propeller when the left engine backfired shortly later. The captain decided to make a belly landing in a desert area about 11 km northeast of Karima. While both pilots escaped uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

Engine problems caused by and excessive oil pressure and cylinder head temperature.

Crash of a Vickers 739 Viscount in Wadi Halfa

Date & Time: Mar 16, 1962

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viscount

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Registration:

SU-AID

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Schedule:

Jerusalem – Cairo

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1955

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While descending to Cairo-Intl Airport, the crew was informed about poor weather conditions at destination and decided to divert to Wadi Halfa, some 900 km south of Cairo. On final approach to Wadi Halfa Airport, all four engines failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a desert area located five km short of runway threshold. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while all 16 occupants were slightly injured.

Probable cause:

Failure of all four engines due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 near Wadi Halfa: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1952

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-3

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Registration:

VT-CGB

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Positioning

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Mountains

MSN:

9945

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1943

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The crew was performing a positioning flight to Khartoum to meet the Sudanese people who chartered the plane to complete a pilgrim flight from Aden to Djeddah. As the airplane failed to arrive in Khartoum, SAR operations were conducted and the wreckage was found nine days later, on September 20, on the slope of a mountain located about 80 km southeast of Wadi Halfa. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members have been killed.

Probable cause:

According to the Sudanese Authorities, the accident was caused by a faulty navigation on part of the crew due to poor communication between the crew and the ATC and a lack of navigation aids in the area.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota C.4 in Merowe

Date & Time: Nov 12, 1951

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Registration:

KN438

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

MSN:

16120/32868

YOM:

1945

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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

Type of aircraft:

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 Douglas C-47-DL near Wadi Halfa

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1948

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Registration:

ZS-BWZ

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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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.

Probable cause:

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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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.

Ground fire of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Wadi Gazouza

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Registration:

L8403

Flight Phase:

Taxiing

Flight Type:

Training

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