Kata Air Transport Flight 007
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 An Antonov AN-32, like the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 April 2008 22:15 UTC |
| Site | Chișinău International Airport approach 46°55′38″N 28°53′12″E / 46.92722°N 28.88667°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-32 |
| Aircraft name | Cline |
| Operator | Kata Air Transport |
| Registration | ST-AZL |
| Flight origin | Vienna |
| 2nd stopover | Chișinău International Airport KIV/LUKK |
| 3rd stopover | Turkey |
| Destination | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 0 |
A 12 April, 2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Turkey turned back and crashed short of the runway.
Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova.[1][needs update] The flight from Vienna had refuelled and was bound for Khartoum, Sudan via Antalya, Turkey with a Moldovan crew of eight.[2][3]
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,[4] but it was later determined that there were four Ukrainian and four Moldovan citizens.[5]
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 fuel.[6]
References
- ^ "Eight die in plane crash in Moldova", 11 April 2008, Russia Today Archived 18 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Popeski, Ron (12 April 2008). "Cargo plane crashes after takeoff from Moldova", Reuters [dead link]
- ^ "Sudanese plane crashes in Moldova, eight dead", 12 April 2008, Earth Times [dead link]
- ^ "Moldova asks Russia to help investigate air crash that killed 8", 12 April 2008, Novosti
- ^ "Russian experts to Chisinau to help investigate An-32 crash". 13 April 2008 [dead link]
- ^ AP report, 12 April 2008. [dead link]