ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320850
| Date: | Thursday 15 November 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Fokker 50 |
| Owner/operator: | Skyward International Aviation |
| Registration: | 5Y-CAN |
| MSN: | 20175 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 57 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aweil Airport -
 South Sudan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS) |
| Aweil Airport (HSAW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Fokker 50 passenger plane sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Aweil Airport, South Sudan. Some of the 57 passengers on board sustained injuries.
The airplane was chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to fly refugees from Khartoum, Sudan to Aweil. A photo from the scene of the accident shows the aircraft off the runway with the left hand wing separated from the fuselage.
The identity of the plane is not confirmed. Skyward owns two Fokker 50 aircraft, 5Y-BYE and 5Y-CAN of which 5Y-BYE was leased to Kush Air.
Sources:
Radio Miraya
Gurtong
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