Kata Air Transport Flight 007

Kata Air Transport Flight 007, killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Turkey turned back and crashed short of the runway.

Kata Air Transport Flight 007

An Antonov An-32, like the one involved in the crash
Accident
Date	11 April 2008 22:15 UTC
Summary	Engine failure
Site	Chișinău International Airport approach 46°55′38″N 28°53′12″E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-32
Aircraft name	Cline
Operator	Kata Air Transport
Registration	ST-AZL
Flight origin	Vienna
2nd stopover	Chișinău International Airport KIV/LUKK
3rd stopover	Turkey
Destination	Khartoum, Sudan
Crew	8
Fatalities	8
Survivors	0

Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova. The flight from Vienna had refuelled and was bound for Khartoum, Sudan via Antalya, Turkey with a Moldovan crew of eight.[1][2]

The aircraft had undergone maintenance at Chișinău. It crashed at 22:15 local time, or 20:15 UTC. Moldovan authorities requested Russian assistance with the black box records. Novosti reported that the crew was four Russians and four Moldovans, but it was later determined that there were four Ukrainian and four Moldovan citizens.[3]

The aircraft was later announced as belonging to Kata Air Transport of Sudan and as having crashed close to the village of Băcioi, Moldova carrying 2.3 tonnes of fuel.[4]