Boeing 737-200 ST-AFK

8 July 2003 · Port Sudan, Sudan · Fatal

Summary

On 8 July 2003 at about 00:00 local time, a Boeing 737-200 registered ST-AFK, operated by Sudan Airways, was involved in an accident near Port Sudan, Sudan. 116 people were on board and 115 died, one was seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 July 2003 at 00:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Port Sudan, Sudan
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Registration: ST-AFK
Operator: Sudan Airways
Operating rule: Non-U.S., Commercial
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: WAS03RA019

People

115 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
116	115	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record WAS03RA019, from the public aviation accident database.

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