Kata Air Transport Flight 007

Kata Air Transport Flight 007

An Antonov An-32, like the one involved in the crash
Accident
Date	11 April 2008 22:15 UTC
Summary	Engine failure
Site	near Băcioi, Chișinău, Moldova 46°55′38″N 28°53′12″E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-32
Operator	Kata Air Transport
Registration	ST-AZL
Flight origin	Vienna International Airport
2nd stopover	Chișinău International Airport KIV/LUKK
3rd stopover	Antalya Airport, Turkey
Destination	Khartoum, Sudan
Passengers	0
Crew	8
Fatalities	8
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

On 11 April 2008 Kata Air Transport Flight 007, killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Sudan turned back and crashed short of the runway at Chișinău International Airport.

Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova.^[citation needed] The flight from Vienna had refuelled and was bound for Khartoum, Sudan via Antalya, Turkey with a Moldovan crew of eight.[1][2]

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,^[citation needed] but it was later determined that there were four Ukrainian and four Moldovan citizens.[3]

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 vegetable oil.[4]

References

1. Popeski, Ron (12 April 2008). "Cargo plane crashes after takeoff from Moldova", Reuters ^[dead link‍]
2. "Sudanese plane crashes in Moldova, eight dead". Earth Times. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
3. "Russian experts to Chisinau to help investigate An-32 crash". 13 April 2008 ^[dead link‍]
4. AP report, 12 April 2008. ^[dead link‍]

External links

• "The accident". Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Moldova. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009.