Benutzer:Shi Annan/1998 Sudanese Air Force An-32 crash
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On 12 February 1998, a Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 crashed in Nasir killing several of the country's most senior government leaders, including the Vice-President Zubair Mohamed Salih.[1][2]
On the morning of 12 February 1998, a Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-32 turboprop attempted to land at Nasir Airport. The craft overshot the end of the runway and slid into the Sobat River.[3] The Sudanese government announced that fog and strong winds had caused the crash.[4] The SPLA's spokesman in Nairobi announced that the crash had not been an accident, but had been caused by an SPLA attack.[1]
Casualties
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Of the 57 crew and passengers on board, 26 drowned in the river. Among the dead were:
- Salih, the vice-president
- Musa Sayed Ahmed, Director General of the Supreme Council for Peace
- Arok Thon Arok, an ex-rebel turned government army officer[5]
- Timothy Tutlam, director of the Relief Association of Southern Sudan[6]
Information Minister Brigadier Mohamad Kheir and another minister survived.[7][8]
References
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- ↑ a b James McKinley: Influential Sudan Official Is Killed in Plane Crash In: The New York Times, 13 February 1998. Abgerufen im 30 August 2013
- ↑ Alfred Taban: Sudan's First Vice President killed in plane crash In: Reuters – AlertNet, 13 February 2013. Abgerufen im 30 August 2013
- ↑ Committee for Peace and Reconstruction in Sudan.: Nasir Plane Crash. In: Sudan Update. 9. Jahrgang, Nr. 4, 28. Februar 1998, ISSN 1352-0393, S. 1 (upenn.edu [abgerufen am 30. August 2013]).
- ↑ Air Crash Kills High Sudanese Leaders, 13 February 1998
- ↑ Vice President of Sudan dies in plane crash In: CBC News, 12 February 1998. Abgerufen im 30 August 2013
- ↑ Patrick Quantin: Gouverner les sociétés africaines: acteurs et institutions. Karthala, Paris 2005, ISBN 978-2-84586-644-7, S. 296 (google.com).
- ↑ Sudanese Vice President killed in plane crash In: BBC News, 12 February 1998. Abgerufen im 30 August 2013
- ↑ Sudan buries plane crash victims In: BBC News, 13 February 1998. Abgerufen im 30 August 2013