2013 Sanaa Sukhoi Su-22 crash
Yemeni Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 · Ejection
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
- Operator
- Yemeni Air Force
- 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
- 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)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2013 Sanaa Sukhoi Su-22 crash" (page 82263719, revision 1365483517)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- 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.