- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 08, 2003
Time: 0400
Location: Port Sudan, Sudan
Operator: Sudan Airways
Flight #: 139
Route: Port Sudan - Khartoum
AC Type: Boeing 737-2J8C
Registration: ST-AFK
cn / ln: 21169/429
Aboard: 117   (passengers:106  crew:11)
Fatalities: 117   (passengers:106  crew:11)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane's crew reported technical difficulties (engine failure) 10 minutes after taking off from Port Sudan Airport. The plane crashed into a hillside, 3 miles from the airport as the crew tried to return and make emergency landing. A three-year-old boy was the only survivor.
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