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2013 Sanaa Sukhoi Su-22 crash

19 Feb 2013 · al-Asbahi, Sanaa, Yemen

Yemeni Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 · Ejection

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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
12 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
12
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
1
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
24 · 23 on the ground
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
Military

Sukhoi Su-22

Aircraft type
Sukhoi SU-22
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
2216
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

On February 19, 2013, a Sukhoi Su-22 of the Yemeni Air Force crashed into a building in the al-Asbahi district in Sanaa, located on Yemen. The pilot ejected, meanwhile 12 people died.

Accident

The fighter jet took off from Sanaa. The aircraft then crashed into a building near Change Square, Sanaa, located on Yemen. The pilot ejected, but 12 people got killed and 24 more injured.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: 2013 Sanaa Sukhoi Su-22 crash
Article
2013 Sanaa Sukhoi Su-22 crash
Revision
1365483517 · 2026-07-22 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q138298338
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "2013 Sanaa Sukhoi Su-22 crash" (page 82263719, revision 1365483517)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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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 armed force or military unit in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
Ground fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
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.