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2021 Optimum Aviation An-26 crash

2 Nov 2021 · Near Juba International Airport, South Sudan

Optimum Aviation (Optimum Aviation) Antonov An-26

From Juba International Airport, South Sudan to South Sudan en

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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
5 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
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
Unknown

Antonov An-26

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
TR-NGT
Onboard fatalities
5
Route
From Juba International Airport, South SudanTo South Sudan en

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 2 November 2021, an An-26 aircraft of South Sudan's Optimum Aviation (Optimum Aviation) crashed after taking off from Juba International Airport. All 5 people on board (2 Russians, 2 Sudanese and 1 South Sudanese) were killed.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Chinese Wikipedia article “2021年最佳航空公司安-26空难” (revision 75648460, 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

Chinese Wikipedia article: 2021年最佳航空公司安-26空难
Article
2021年最佳航空公司安-26空难
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
75648460 · 2023-01-23 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q109421258
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
zh Wikipedia article "2021年最佳航空公司安-26空难" (page 7715006, revision 75648460), translated into English with AI assistance
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
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 article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Chinese Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.