1998 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crash

1998 aviation accident in South Sudan March 2014 November 2019 1998 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crash Accident Sudanese Police Antonov An-32B Onyshchenko-1.jpg 1.15 An Antonov An-32 similar to the aircraft involved 12 February 1998 Runway overshoot in inclement weather Nasir, South Sudan 8.61616 N 33.06766 E type:event_source:plwiki inline,title Antonov An-32 SUD 7744 Malakal Airport, South Sudan Nasir Airport, South Sudan 57 50 7 26 31 On 12 February 1998, a Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crashed in Nasir killing several of the country's most senior government leaders, including the Vice-President Zubair Mohamed Salih.McKinley James Influential Sudan Official Is Killed in Plane Crash https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/13/world/influential-sudan-official-is-killed-in-plane-crash.html 30 August 2013 The New York Times 13 February 1998Taban Alfred Sudan's First Vice President killed in plane crash http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudans-first-vice-president-killed-plane-crash 30 August 2013 Reuters – AlertNet 13 February 2013 On the morning of 12 February 1998, the pilots of a Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 turboprop attempted to land at Nasir Airport. The craft overshot the end of the runway and slid into the Sobat River.Nasir Plane Crash Sudan Update 28 February 1998 9 4 1 http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/sdup94.html 30 August 2013 Committee for Peace and Reconstruction in Sudan. 1352-0393 The Sudanese government announced that fog and strong winds had caused the crash.Air Crash Kills High Sudanese Leaders AP 13 February 1998 The SPLA's spokesman in Nairobi announced that the crash had not been an accident, but had been caused by an SPLA attack. Casualties Of the 57 crew and passengers on board, 26 drowned in the river. Among the dead were: Salih, the vice-president Musa Sayed Ahmed, Director General of the Supreme Council for Peace Arok Thon Arok, an ex-rebel turned government army officerVice President of Sudan dies in plane crash https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/vice-president-of-sudan-dies-in-plane-crash-1.161770 https://web.archive.org/web/20121025050027/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1998/02/12/sudan980212a.html live 25 October 2012 30 August 2013 CBC News 12 February 1998 Timothy Tutlam, director of the Relief Association of Southern SudanQuantin Patrick Gouverner les sociétés africaines: acteurs et institutions https://books.google.com/books?id=rtK_WEtmf34C&pg=PA296 2005 Karthala Paris 978-2-84586-644-7 296 Information Minister Brigadier Mohamad Kheir and another minister survived.Sudanese Vice President killed in plane crash http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/56007.stm 30 August 2013 BBC News 12 February 1998Sudan buries plane crash victims http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/56311.stm 30 August 2013 BBC News 13 February 1998 References 33em Aviation Sudan Air Force crash Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Sudan Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in South Sudan Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-32 Sudan Air Force crash Sudan Air Force crash Category:1998 disasters in Africa Category:20th-century disasters in Sudan Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving military aircraft Category:20th-century disasters in South Sudan Category:Nasir County