Kata Air Transport Flight 007
 An Antonov An-32, like the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 April 2008 22:15 UTC |
| Summary | Engine failure |
| Site | near Băcioi, Chișinău, Moldova 46°55′38″N 28°53′12″E / 46.92722°N 28.88667°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-32 |
| Operator | Kata Air Transport |
| Registration | ST-AZL |
| Flight origin | Vienna International Airport |
| 2nd stopover | Chișinău International Airport KIV/LUKK |
| 3rd stopover | Antalya Airport, Turkey |
| Destination | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 11 April 2008 Kata Air Transport Flight 007, killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Sudan turned back and crashed short of the runway at Chișinău International Airport.
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 vegetable oil.[4]
References
- ^ Popeski, Ron (12 April 2008). "Cargo plane crashes after takeoff from Moldova", Reuters [dead link]
- ^ "Sudanese plane crashes in Moldova, eight dead". Earth Times. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Russian experts to Chisinau to help investigate An-32 crash". 13 April 2008 [dead link]
- ^ AP report, 12 April 2008. [dead link]
External links
- "The accident". Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Moldova. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009.