Kata Air Transport Flight 007

Kata Air Transport Flight 007
Accident
An Antonov An-32, like the one involved in the crash
Date	11 April 2008 22:15 UTC
Summary	Engine failure
Site	near Băcioi, Chișinău, Moldova 46°55′38′′N 28°53′12′′E / 46.92722°N 28.88667°E / 46.92722; 28.88667
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-32
Operator	Kata Air Transport
Registration	ST-AZL
Flight origin	Vienna International Airport
2nd stopover	Chișinău International Airport KIV/LUKK
3rd stopover	Antalya Airport, Turkey
Destination	Khartoum, Sudan
Passengers	0
Crew	8
Fatalities	8
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

On 11 April 2008 Kata Air Transport Flight 007, killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Sudan turned back and crashed short of the runway at Chișinău International Airport.

Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova.^{[citation needed ]} 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,^{[citation needed ]} 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 vegetable oil.^[4]