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Sudan Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية السودانية) is the national airline of Sudan, [1] headquartered in Khartoum. Since 2012, the company has been fully owned by the Government of Sudan .
Sudan Airways Flight 109 was a scheduled international Amman–Damascus–Khartoum passenger flight, operated with an Airbus A310 by the flag carrier of Sudan, Sudan Airways. On 10 June 2008, at approximately 17:26 UTC , the Airbus A310 crashed on landing at Khartoum International Airport , killing 30 of the 214 occupants on board.
On 16 August 1986 a Sudan Airways Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M was performing a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Malakal (in present South Sudan) to Khartoum in Sudan, when it was shot down by the SPLA militants. All 60 people on board the aircraft were killed. [1]
Sudan Airways Flight 2241 was a scheduled cargo flight from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to Khartoum, Sudan operated by a Boeing 707-330C. On 21 October 2009, the cargo plane's No. 4 engine cowling separated during lift off, and in an attempt to turn the plane around, it stalled and crashed north of the airport. All six occupants were killed.
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Sudan Airways Flight 109, crashed on 10 June 2008; See also. All pages with titles containing Flight 109; STS-109, a successful Space Shuttle mission in March 2002
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-2J8C, c/n 21169, registered ST-AFK. [2] Powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 engines, it had its maiden flight on 29 August 1975, and was delivered new to Sudan Airways on 15 September 1975.
Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed in Port Sudan on 8 July 2003, killing all 117 aboard. The flight crew was not able to see the runway in the low visibility, and crashed when attempting a missed approach. A toddler initially survived the crash but died from his injuries the next day.