Kata Air Transport Flight 007

On April 11, 2008, Kata Air Transport Flight 007, killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Turkey turned back and crashed short of the runway.

Kata Air Transport Flight 007
An Antonov An-32, like the one involved in the crash
Accident
Date11 April 2008 22:15 UTC
SummaryEngine failure
SiteChișinău International Airport approach
46°55′38″N 28°53′12″E / 46.92722°N 28.88667°E / 46.92722; 28.88667
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-32
Aircraft nameCline
OperatorKata Air Transport
RegistrationST-AZL
Flight originVienna
2nd stopoverChișinău International Airport
KIV/LUKK
3rd stopoverTurkey
DestinationKhartoum, Sudan
Crew8
Fatalities8
Survivors0

Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova.[citation needed] The flight from Vienna had refuelled and was bound for Khartoum, Sudan via Antalya, Turkey with a Moldovan crew of eight.[1][2]

The aircraft had undergone maintenance at Chișinău. It crashed at 22:15 local time, or 20:15 UTC. Moldovan authorities requested Russian assistance with the black box records. Novosti reported that the crew was four Russians and four Moldovans,[citation needed] but it was later determined that there were four Ukrainian and four Moldovan citizens.[3]

The aircraft was later announced as belonging to Kata Air Transport of Sudan and as having crashed close to the village of Băcioi, Moldova carrying 2.3 tonnes of fuel.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Popeski, Ron (12 April 2008). "Cargo plane crashes after takeoff from Moldova", Reuters [dead link]
  2. ^ "Sudanese plane crashes in Moldova, eight dead". Earth Times. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Russian experts to Chisinau to help investigate An-32 crash". 13 April 2008 [dead link]
  4. ^ AP report, 12 April 2008. [dead link]
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