Fokker 50 crash, Nov 15, 2012, Aweil
Fokker 50 accident on November 15, 2012 near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined; no official report...
- Date: November 15, 2012
- Aircraft: Fokker 50
- Location: Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined; no official report was found. Accounts describe the left main gear collapsing after touchdown.
A Skyward International Fokker 50 on a charter airlift of returning refugees landed at Aweil. Its left main gear collapsed after touchdown and the aircraft veered left, slid on soft ground and came to rest in bushes with its left wing torn off. All occupants got out, and the aircraft was written off.