Sudanese 707 crash at Sharjah

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Sharjah: Six people have been killed after a cargo plane crashed on take-off from Sharjah Airport.

The Sudanese registered plane, believed to be a Sudan Airways Boeing 707, veered sharply to the right after take-off and flipped before crashing.

The name of the airline has yet to be confirmed but Sharjah Airport has closed its runway as a result of the crash.

Khaled Al Qassimi, director of civil aviation at Sharjah airport, said rescue personnel haven't so far found any of the crew.

"The place is contained. All the fires are extinguished," said Al Qassimi, "we are the picking up bits and pieces for the investigation."

Eyewitnesses have reported seeing the plane "flip and burst into flames."

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Six people have died after a cargo plane crashed soon after take-off from Sharjah Airport.

The Boeing 707 crashed about two kilometres from the airport soon after taking off from Sharjah to Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.

The plane was owned by Sudan Air but operated by a separate Sudanese company, Azza Transport, which operates out of Khartoum.

Six crew members, all of whom were Sudanese, died when the plane caught fire soon after crashing, Brig Humaid al Hudaidi, the director general of Sharjah Police confirmed.

Among those believed to have died is the pilot of the plane, Capt Mohammed Ali, 55, who lived in Sharjah. His brother Mohammed Uthman, who also works at the airport, said: "I am sure my brother is dead. I am very sad."

Saif al Suwaidi, the director of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said he had sent an investigation team to the site but it was too soon to speculate about the causes of the accident.

A spokesman for Sharjah Airport said the plane was "completely destroyed" in the collision.

A cargo operator in the Sharjah free zone said he saw the aftermath of the crash from about a kilometre away. The crash happened about 3.50pm, he said.

"After take-off there was a huge sound, a big explosion," said the operator, who asked not to be named. "I saw the immediate results.

"Burning, fire, smoke, pieces of aircraft everywhere. All the men, they're gone. I knew some of them."

He said the plane, a Boeing 707, crashed about 300 metres from Emirates Road. None of the debris hit the road, however, he said.

He said the plane was being operated by Azza Transport, a Sudanese "cargo and transport carrier".

Witnesses posting on Twitter and online said a section of the plane may have fallen off soon after it took off.

In 2005 a Sudanese Ilyushin plane owned by Sudan West en-route from Sharjah to Khartoum crashed 25km from Khartoum. The entire crew of six Russians and one Sudanese were killed.

The last fatal crash in Sharjah was in 2004, when more than 40 people died as a Kish Airways flight hit the ground about three kilometres short of the runway.

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plane involved: ST-AKW

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What a shame...

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I Just can't take this sad news...

A sad PapaKnotty

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Footage of this crash has come to light now. A fixed security camera filmed the crash from take-off to impact.
At http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=ee8xcSPsCVc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; the 707 can be seen from 0.24 seconds in the upper right corner. Then from 0.38 sec something seems to drop down just left of the third pole.
At 0.54 seconds ST-AKW appears from behind the letters in the middle upper part of the screen, disappearing in a pall of smoke from about 0.59 seconds...

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http://news.aviation-safety.net/2013/03 ... -cowlings/

A stall situtation during an emergency return to the airport after separation of the no.4 engine cowlings was concluded to have caused a fatal accident involving a Boeing 707 cargo plane , according to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
It was also concluded that there was poor safety oversight within the airline as well as by the Sudanese CAA.

On October 21, 2009 a Boeing 707 cargo plane, owned by Azza Transport of Sudan, was destroyed when it crashed in a desert area immediately after takeoff from Sharjah Airport (SHJ), United Arab Emirates. All six on board were killed.

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