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2012 Talodi Antonov An-26 crash

Aviation accident in Sudan

Field	Value
image	Alfa Airlines Antonov An-26-100 UR-SDV-1.jpg
image_upright	1.1
caption	ST-ARL, the An-26 involved, pictured a month before the accident
occurrence_type	Accident
date
summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to poor weather conditions and pilot error
site	Nuba Mountains near Talodi, Sudan
coordinates
aircraft_type	Antonov An-26-100
operator	Alfa Airlines
tail_number	ST-ARL
origin	Khartoum International Airport, Khartoum, Sudan
destination	Talodi Airstrip, Talodi, Sudan
occupants	32
passengers	26
crew	6
fatalities	32
survivors	0

On 19 August 2012, an Antonov An-26 airplane of Alfa Airlines crashed near the town of Talodi, Sudan, killing all 32 occupants on board. The aircraft was carrying a Sudanese government delegation, and among the victims were members of the Sudanese government, several high-ranking members of the Sudanese Armed Forces and other officials, and a television crew.

Crash

The aircraft had taken off from Khartoum International Airport at around 6:02 a.m. local time. Approximately at 8 a.m., the plane crashed into the Hajar Al-Nar Mountain of the Nuba Mountain range near Talodi, a small town about 600 km southwest of Khartoum. A television statement said that the weather had prevented the aircraft from landing on its first attempt, and on its second attempt, the plane crashed into a mountain after a go-around procedure. Talodi airfield features a single paved, unmarked runway of 1800 m (5900 ft) length.

Aircraft

Although some early media reports mistakenly announced the crash as a helicopter crash, the aircraft involved was a twin turboprop Antonov An-26-100, registration ST-ARL,

The aircraft was built in 1974 at the Ukrainian "Aviant" aircraft plant in the Soviet Union.

There have been several deadly plane crashes in Sudan in recent years. All Sudanese airlines, including Alfa Airlines, are banned for safety reasons from flying in European airspace. The Sudanese authorities complain that it is difficult to get spare parts because of sanctions the United States has imposed against Khartoum. This crash was the first accident in the history of Alfa Airlines, which was founded only in 2009.

Passengers and crew

Nationality	Passengers	Crew	Total
Sudan	26	3	29
Armenia	0	1	1
Russia	0	1	1
Tajikistan	0	1	1
	26	6	32

The chartered plane was carrying a Sudanese government delegation, from the capital of the country, Khartoum, to the town of Talodi in South Kordofan, a war-torn state with ongoing fighting between Sudan's army and rebel groups, for an Eid al-Fitr celebration, to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Among the victims were Guidance and Religious Endowments Minister Ghazi al-Sadiq Abdel Rahim.

The aircraft, with a crew of six, was flown by senior Russian captain Gennady Semenov, assisted by a Sudanese first officer, 43-year-old navigator Koshim Akram from Tajikistan, and 42-year-old Armenian flight engineer Armen Virabyan.

Investigation

An official with Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority said that bad weather was responsible for the crash. The official news agency of Sudan, SUNA, also said the crash happened "due to the bad weather conditions". when it crashed into a mountain.

Two days after the accident, rebels officially announced their role in shooting down the aircraft. Later, rebel spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi denied that his rebel forces were involved with the crash, which happened outside of rebel territory.

Two days after the crash, on 21 August, Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief Mohammad Abdul-Aziz tendered his resignation to the President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir. However, President Bashir rejected his resignation, urging the chief to continue a newly approved program of reforms to the development and supervision of the CAA.

On 24 August, the local government reported the flight recorders have been found and recovered from the crash site.

Official investigation confirmed that visibility was low at the time of the accident due to poor weather and low clouds. It was therefore concluded that the accident was "the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain after the crew descended too low."

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