Sudan
Sudan’s Khartoum airport has been temporarily closed following an accident involving two military aircraft, and international flights were being diverted to Port Sudan airport, a civil aviation department spokesman said.
Abdel-Hafez Abdel-Rahim said the closure of the airport on Wednesday was precautionary in line with international regulations and the airport was expected to re-open soon.
Sudan Air Force AN 30 & AN 32, both crashed while landing at Khartoum airport ,the airport is closed now pic.twitter.com/xr6pB2Ct2i
— Sudan Defence Force (@SudanDefence) October 3, 2018
Video footage posted on social media showed two planes moving along the runway, before one rams the tail of the other.
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