2021 South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410 crash

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2021 South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410 Turbolet crash
South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410UVP-E (crop).jpg
The aircraft involved in the accident, picture taken in early 2021 [1]
Accident
Date2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)
SummaryEngines failed after takeoff
Site Pieri Airstrip, Uror County, South Sudan
Aircraft
Aircraft type Let L-410 Turbolet
Operator South Sudan Supreme Airlines
Registration HK-4274 (fake), [2] TR-KSS (fake), 5Y-SSA (pre) [3]
Flight origin Pieri Airstrip, Uror County, South Sudan
Destination Yuai Airstrip, South Sudan
Occupants10
Passengers8
Crew2
Fatalities10
Survivors0

On 2 March 2021, a Let L-410 Turbolet of South Sudan Supreme Airlines crashed in Pieri, Uror County, South Sudan on a domestic flight to Yuai Airstrip, South Sudan.

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Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident in July 2007, while still in service with Business Aviation Center UR-IBE Let L.410 (7724586446).jpg
The aircraft involved in the accident in July 2007, while still in service with Business Aviation Center

The accident aircraft was a Let L-410 UVP-E, with the fake registration of HK-4274. [4] The plane was the 1000th L-410 built and had previously been owned by Aeroflot, Universal-Avia, Business Aviation Center and Forty Eight Aviation. It was sold to South Sudan Supreme Airlines in 2017. [5]

Accident

The aircraft crashed immediately after taking off from Pieri Airstrip, South Sudan on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. There were 8 passengers, plus two crew on board. [4] The South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, who are investigating the accident, announced that the flight suffered from an engine failure about ten minutes after takeoff. [6] The flight then attempted to turn back to land, but the other engine then failed, causing the plane to lose speed and crash with little forward motion, after likely stalling.

Investigation

The South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority has been tasked with carrying out an investigation and has sent a team to investigate what happened. Kur Kuol, director of the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, said preliminary investigations were focused on the engines. [7]

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