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Military transport plane crashes in war-torn Sudan, killing crew: Report

All crew members killed in crash at Port Sudan airbase as paramilitary forces seize strategic oil facility in West Kordofan.

A military transport aircraft has gone down while attempting to land at an airbase in eastern Sudan, killing all the crew members in the war-ravaged nation.

An Ilyushin Il-76 crashed on Tuesday as it approached the Osman Digna airbase in Port Sudan, near the city’s main airport, two military sources told the AFP news agency, citing a technical malfunction during the landing attempt.

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All crew members on board were killed, though the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has not disclosed how many people were on the plane.

The last major incident at the airbase occurred in May, when drones struck multiple sites across Port Sudan, including the airfield.

The incident comes as SAF faces mounting losses across the country’s central regions.