| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 10, 2008 |
| Time: | 20:45 |
| Location: | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Operator: | Sudan Airways |
| Flight #: | 548 |
| Route: | Aman, Jordan - Damascus, Syria - Khartoum, Sudan |
| AC Type: | Airbus A-310-324 |
| Registration: | ST-ATN |
| cn / ln: | 548 |
| Aboard: | 214 (passengers:203 crew:11) |
| Fatalities: | 32 (passengers:31 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While landing in poor weather, the plane skidded off the runway, hit navigation poles and burst into flames. The plane had flown from Amman via Damascus but been turned back once from Khartoum and forced to land in Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, because of bad weather, before being allowed to return to Khartoum. |
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