2012 Talodi Antonov An-26 crash
Alfa Airlines Antonov An-26-100 · Controlled flight into terrain due to poor weather conditions and pilot error
From Khartoum International Airport (KRT) to Talodi Airstrip, Talodi, Sudan
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 32 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 32
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Antonov An-26-100
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-26
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- ST-ARL
- Operator
- Alfa Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 32
- Route
- From Khartoum International Airport (KRT)To Talodi Airstrip, Talodi, Sudan
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 19 August 2012, an Antonov An-26 airplane of Alfa Airlines crashed near the town of Talodi, Sudan, killing all 32 occupants on board. The aircraft was carrying a Sudanese government delegation, and among the victims were members of the Sudanese government, several high-ranking members of the Sudanese Armed Forces and other officials, and a television crew.
Crash
The aircraft had taken off from Khartoum International Airport at around 6:02 a.m. local time. Approximately at 8 a.m., the plane crashed into the Hajar Al-Nar Mountain of the Nuba Mountain range near Talodi, a small town about 600 km southwest of Khartoum. A television statement said that the weather had prevented the aircraft from landing on its first attempt, and on its second attempt, the plane crashed into a mountain after a go-around procedure. Talodi airfield features a single paved, unmarked runway of 1800 m (5900 ft) length.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
An official with Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority said that bad weather was responsible for the crash. The official news agency of Sudan, SUNA, also said the crash happened "due to the bad weather conditions". Minister of Information Ahmed Bilal Osman also added that the plane was attempting to land in bad weather conditions in Talodi, as seasonal heavy rains left the pilots with "zero visibility," when it crashed into a mountain.
Two days after the accident, rebels officially announced their role in shooting down the aircraft. Later, rebel spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi denied that his rebel forces were involved with the crash, which happened outside of rebel territory.
Two days after the crash, on 21 August, Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief Mohammad Abdul-Aziz tendered his resignation to the President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir. However, President Bashir rejected his resignation, urging the chief to continue a newly approved program of reforms to the development and supervision of the CAA.
On 24 August, the local government reported the flight recorders have been found and recovered from the crash site.
Official investigation confirmed that visibility was low at the time of the accident due to poor weather and low clouds. It was therefore concluded that the accident was "the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain after the crew descended too low."
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2012 Talodi Antonov An-26 crash
- Revision
- 1356587673 · 2026-05-28 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q2822718
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2012 Talodi Antonov An-26 crash" (page 36767549, revision 1356587673)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an airline in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.