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Crash of a Boeing 727-227 in Barranquilla
Date & Time:
Dec 12, 2025 at 0341 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HK-5216
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Barranquilla – Bogotá
MSN:
21996/1571
YOM:
1980
Flight number:
KRE141
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport Runway 05 at 0227LT on a cargo service (flight KRE141) to Bogotá. About 15 minutes into the flight, bound to the south at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the crew initiated a 180 turn after he informed ATC about technical problems with the landing gear. The crew followed several circuits southwest of the airport then completed a low pass over the runway at a height of about 250 feet. Following this maneuver, the airplane continued to climb and turn to the left before heading to the south. The airplane landed on runway 05 at 0340LT. After touchdown, the left main gar collapsed, causing the left wing to struck the ground, and the airplane slid for few hundred metres before coming to rest at 0341LT. All occupants escaped uninjured.
Crash of a Boeing 727-2M7 in Nyala: 19 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 23, 2025 at 0141 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N726CK
Survivors:
No
MSN:
21951/1680
YOM:
1980
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
17
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
19
Circumstances:
Upon landing at night on runway 04 at Nyala Airport, the airplane was shot down by Sudan Armed Forces. The airplane veered off runway to the left and crashed in a ditch located 900 metres past the runway threshold, bursting into flames. The airplane was totally destroyed and all 19 occupants were killed, among them 17 members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) including Abdul Rahim Wad Abuk, uncle of Hemedti, commander of the RSF. Sudan Government reported the airplane was shot down because suspected of carrying weapons and army equipment on behalf of the rebels. It is believed that the airplane was still operated with the registration N726CK while registered to a Kenyan Operator with 7Q registration (Malawi).
Probable cause:
Shot down by the Sudan Armed Forces.
Crash of a Boeing 727-2Q9 in Malakal
Date & Time:
Mar 31, 2024
Operator:
Registration:
5Y-IRE
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Juba - Malakal
MSN:
21931/1531
YOM:
1979
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following a cargo flight from Juba, the airplane crashed upon landing at Malakal Airport. It veered off runway and eventually collided with a parked MD-82 registered 5Y-AXL that suffered an accident at the same airport last February 9. The airplane was destroyed and all seven occupants were rescued.
