748 Air Services A748 at Bentiu on Feb 17th 2014, runway excursion

A 748 (Seven Four Eight) Air Services Hawker Siddeley HS-748 on behalf of International Organisation for Migration (United Nations), registration 5Y-HAJ performing a charter freight flight from Juba to Bentiu (South Sudan) with 4 crew, veered off the runway while landing in Bentiu and collided with vehicles near the runway. One occupant was killed, the others received serious injuries. The aircraft received substantial damage beyond repair.

UNMISS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan) confirmed one crew member was killed when the aircraft carrying items for displaced people crashed on landing in Bentiu. The three other occupants were rescued and flown out to Nairobi (Kenya).

Local Authorities reported the crew lost control of the aircraft while landing in Bentiu and went off the runway.

An observer on the ground reported the aircraft attempted an unstabilized approach being too high and too fast for landing. The aircraft veered off the runway, ran across a ditch, contacted vehicles and came to a stop broken up.

Bentiu features a dirt runway of about 1250 meters/4100 feet length in roughly north/south direction running parallel to a main road, satellite images identify a ditch between runway and main road.

5Y-HAJ in Bentiu (Photo: UNMISS/Anna Adhikari):

Map (Graphics: Google Earth):