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Oct 22
2009
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707 Crash in Sharjah. What went wrong?Posted by Administrator in Untagged |
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Crash: Azza Transport B707 at Sharjah on Oct 21st 2009, lost height after takeoff
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 12:58Z, last updated Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 18:42Z
An Azza Transport Boeing 707-300 freighter on behalf of the Sudan Airways, registration ST-AKW performing freight flight SD-2241 from Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) to Khartoum (Sudan) with 6 crew, crashed shortly after takeoff from Sharjah in clear weather and burst into flames at around 15:30L (11:30Z).
All 6 crew on board have perished, UAE officials reported. All fires have been extinguished two hours after the crash, the bodies were recovered. The flight data recorders have been recovered as well.
The airport was closed for about 2 hours as result of the crash.
Witnesses on the ground report, that the airplane may have lost parts before it lost height. The airplane subsequently veered sharply to the right and impacted ground.
Aviation sources in the Emirates suggest, the airplane may have had flaps problems.
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