Sudanese airliner crashes killing 105 passengers, 11 crew members
( 2003-07-08 13:58) (Agencies)
A Sudanese airliner crashed early Tuesday shortly after taking off from Port
Sudan airport, killing 105 passengers and 11 crew. Only a child survived, the
Sudan News Agency reported.
Sudanese State Minister for Civil Aviation told the news agency that a
technical team would be sent to Port Sudan to investigate the cause of the
crash.
Salah Ali Ahmed, a spokesman of the Red Sea provincial government, told
national television that the child was in a hospital and in good condition. He
said the bodies of the dead were burned.
He said the plane crashed in an empty area some 5-6 kilometers (miles) from
Port Sudan airport on the Red Sea.
Ahmed ruled out that the crash was due to bad weather.
It was not immediately known if there were foreigners on the plane.
The Boeing 737 was on an internal flight to the capital, Khartoum, when its
captain reported he was in trouble, ``but fate was quicker,'' the director of
Sudan Airways, Ismail Zuwary, told the news agency.
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