Date:	Friday 11 April 2008
Time:	22:15
Type:	Antonov An-32B
Owner/operator:	Kata Air Transport
Registration:	ST-AZL
MSN:	3009
Year of manufacture:	1992
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Chisinau Airport (KIV) -   Moldova
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Chisinau Airport (KIV/LUKK)
Destination airport:	Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The Sudanese An-32 had been ferried to Moldova for maintenance. On April 11, 2008 the airplane was prepared to be ferried back from Chisinau (KIV) to Khartoum, Sudan via Antalya (AYT). It took off from the Chisinau International Airport at 22:02. After takeoff, the crew noticed that the transponder had failed. The flight returned to Chisinau. On final approach the airplane contacted VOR/DME equipment, crashed and burned.

Six corpses recovered from ruins of collapsed aircraft on Chisinau International Airport (AIS Moldpres 12-4-2008)
Soviet Transports
MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)

photo (c) Viktor Laszlo, via Miklos Szabo and Werner Fischdick; Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP); 22 December 2000

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