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2012 AZZA Transport An-12 crash

7 Oct 2012 · 40 km southwest of Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan

Antonov An-12 · Under investigation

From Khartoum International Airport (KRT) to El Fasher Airport, Sudan

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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
15 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
7
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
7
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
Unknown

Antonov An-12

Aircraft type
Antonov AN-12
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-ASA
Onboard fatalities
15
Route
From Khartoum International Airport (KRT)To El Fasher Airport, Sudan

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

The AZZA Transport Antonov An-12BP crash was an accident that occurred on 7 October 2012 to an aircraft operating a troop and weapons transport flight from Khartoum Airport to El Fasher Airport, which, during the cruise phase of its flight to El Fasher, experienced engine problems and crashed some forty kilometres from Omdurman, in Khartoum State.

Accident

The Antonov An-12 took off from Khartoum Airport without problems for a military charter flight carrying passengers and equipment to El Fasher in Sudan. At around 12:00, local time, while in the cruise phase, it reported that it was experiencing engine problems; however, minutes later it crashed into the terrain. The wreckage of the aircraft lay some 40 kilometres from Omdurman.

Investigation and cause

Investigation

The investigation into the accident is currently being carried out.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del An-12 de AZZA Transport de 2012” (revision 168516926, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Spanish Wikipedia article: Accidente del An-12 de AZZA Transport de 2012
Article
Accidente del An-12 de AZZA Transport de 2012
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
168516926 · 2025-07-17 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q5491925
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
es Wikipedia article "Accidente del An-12 de AZZA Transport de 2012" (page 5459073, revision 168516926), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
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Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
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
not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.