ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-32B 7744 Nasir Airport
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Date:Thursday 12 February 1998
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-32B
Operator:Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya (Sudanese Air Force)
Registration: 7744
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 57
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Nasir Airport (   South Sudan)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Malakal Airport (MAK/HSSM), South Sudan
Destination airport:Nasir Airport (HSNA), South Sudan
Narrative:
The Antonov landed at Nasir, but overshot the runway, plunging into the Sobat River. First Vice President al-Zubair Muhammad Saleh and several other government officials were killed in the accident.
The wreckage was still extant on the river bank in 2012.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
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Distance from Malakal Airport to Nasir Airport as the crow flies is 186 km (116 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Antonov An-32

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