US EditionSudanese military plane crashes and kills all crew members in Port Sudan
An Ilyushin Il-76 crashed during landing at Osman Digna Air Base, killing all crew; cause attributed to technical malfunction, officials said.
- On Tuesday, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed while attempting to land at Osman Digna Air Base, Port Sudan, after a technical failure, killing all crew aboard, officials said.
- After el-Fasher fell last month and an earlier Kordofan pullout this week, the Sudanese Armed Forces lost the Heglig oilfield on Monday, a major revenue blow amid mounting battlefield losses.
- Local reports identified several of the dead, saying Amir Bakri Muhammad Al-Hassan and Technical Lieutenant Tarik Al-Toum Abdullah Yacoub died, and Omran Mirghani, military pilot, was identified by his uncle Osman Mirghani, while photos and video circulated.
- Beyond military loss, the incident worsens conditions amid one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with 20 million facing acute food shortages and six million near starvation, while removing a key Ilyushin Il-76 transport from Sudanese Armed Forces logistics.
- Since April 2023, the wider war has killed over 40,000 and displaced more than 12 million, as the conflict's epicentre shifted to Kordofan after el-Fasher's fall last month.
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Sudanese military plane crashes, killing all crew members
A Sudanese military aircraft crashed while attempting to land in the east of the country, killing all the crew, military officials said Wednesday, in the latest plane crash in the war-torn African nation. The Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane experienced technical failure while attempting to land Tuesday in the Osman Digna Air Base in the coastal city of Port Sudan, two officials said. They said the crew were killed but didn't disclose how many personn…
A military plane has crashed in Sudan. The cargo plane crashed shortly before landing, and no one survived the accident.
An Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed in Sudan on Tuesday while attempting to land. Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya reported that the crash was caused by a technical failure. All crew members were killed.
Sudanese Military Plane Crash: Tragedy Amid Turmoil
A Sudanese military cargo plane crashed while landing at Osman Digna Air Base, killing all crew members, including noted pilot Omran Mirghani. This incident is part of a pattern with Sudan's poor aviation safety record. The crash occurs amidst ongoing conflict with the Rapid Support Forces.
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