- Date
- June 9, 2009, 02:35 local (02:35 UTC)
- Place
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- HZ-ANBMcdonnell Douglas MD11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 74149
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On June 9, 2009, about 0235 UTC, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, HZ-ANB, a cargo flight operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines, landed hard on runway 18 at Khartoum International Airport. The 4 crewmembers were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane had departed from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The investigation is being conducted by the Air Accident Investigation Central Directorate, Civil Aviation Authority, Republic of Sudan. The US has appointed an Accredited Representative under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 to assist the Republic of Sudan with their investigation. All inquiries into this event should be directed to: Civil Aviation Authority Air Accident Investigation Central Directorate P.O. Box 430 Khartoum Sudan
Aircraft
- Registration
- HZ-ANB
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp
- Registered owner
- Air Finance Corp. Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Jeddah
- Destination
- HSSS · Khartoum
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HSSS · Khartoum International Airport, runway 18, 8,542 × 148 ft, asphalt
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Observed at
- HSSS