Accident description
Status: Preliminary
Date: 21 OCT 2009
Time: 15:31
Type: Boeing 707-330C
Operating for: Sudan Airways
Leased from: AZZA Transport
Registration: ST-AKW ?
C/n / msn: 20123/788
First flight: 1969
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: ca 1 km N of Sharjah Airport (SHJ) (United Arab Emirates) show on map
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ), United Arab Emirates
Destination airport: Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan
Flightnumber: 2241
Narrative:
A Boeing 707 cargo plane, owned by Azza Transport, was destroyed when it crashed in a desert area immediately after takeoff from Sharjah Airport (SHJ). The airplane operated on Sudan Airways flight SUD2241 and took off from runway 30 at 15:29. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the airplane in an excessive right bank after takeoff. The 707 crashed near the Emirates Road, broke up and burned.
Weather reported around the time of the accident (ca 11:30 UTC):
OMSJ 211100Z 33012KT 270V010 9999 FEW040 32/19 Q1012=
OMSJ 211200Z 32011KT 9999 FEW040 32/18 Q1012=
Unconfirmed reports indicate that ST-AKW was the airplane involved in the accident.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091021-0