What the records say
- When
- 3 May 2025
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 12.05° N, 24.96° E
- Description
- 2025 Sudanese civil war aircraft shootdown
2025 Nyala Boeing 737 incident
2025 aircraft occurrence in Sudan
On 3 May 2025, a cargo Boeing 737-200 was destroyed at Nyala Airport by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) during the Sudanese civil war. It was destroyed due to suspicions of carrying military weapons and supplies to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Sources initially stated that 20 or 90 occupants on board the aircraft were killed, and disagreed on whether the aircraft was bombed or shot down.
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