2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash

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.

2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash
An Antonov AN-32, like the one involved in the crash
Accident
Date11 April 2008 22:15 UTC
SiteChișinău International Airport approach
46°55′38″N 28°53′12″E
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-32
Aircraft nameCline
OperatorKata Air Transport
RegistrationST-AZL
Flight originVienna
2nd stopoverChișinău International Airport
KIV/LUKK
3rd stopoverTurkey
DestinationKhartoum, Sudan
Crew8
Fatalities8
Survivors0

Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova.[1] 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
  1. "Eight die in plane crash in Moldova", 11 April 2008, Russia Today Archived 18 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Popeski, Ron (12 April 2008). "Cargo plane crashes after takeoff from Moldova", Reuters
  3. "Sudanese plane crashes in Moldova, eight dead", 12 April 2008, Earth Times Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Moldova asks Russia to help investigate air crash that killed 8", 12 April 2008, Novosti
  5. "Russian experts to Chisinau to help investigate An-32 crash". 13 April 2008
  6. AP report, 12 April 2008.
  • "The accident". Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Moldova. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009.
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