Several were afraid, killed in the crash of the airplane in the army in Sudan near the capital of Khartoum | Sudanese Wars News

A deadly disaster attributed to sources of technical reasons is coming as the military is making progress in Central Sudan and the capital against RSF.

A Sudanese military plane crashed into a residential area on the outskirts of the capital, Khartoum, killing several officers and civilians.

The aircraft crashed late Tuesday during a take -off from the military airport Vadi Saidna to Northern Omdurman, part of Big Hardum, leaving more than 20 people killed, according to military sources, cited by the Reuters Agency.

Sources told Reuters that the plane crash was most likely due to technical reasons.

Major General Bahr Ahmed, a senior commander in Khartoum, is reported to be among the dead.

The military who is fighting with the paramilitary Fast forces to support (RSF) Since April 2023, he released a statement on Tuesday, saying that military officials and civilians were killed without providing further details.

“The wounded were taken to hospitals and fire teams managed to master the flames at the scene of the crash,” the statement said.

Residents in northern Omdurman have reported a strong explosion from the crash, which damaged several homes and caused interruptions of power supply in the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Carrie Resistance Committee, part of a network of volunteers coordinating aid in Sudan, reports that 10 bodies and several injured were brought to Al-Nao Hospital in Omdurman, according to a report by the AFP news agency.

“A larger escalation”

Ther Sudan warHe who killed tens of thousands erupted after a rift appeared between Army Chief Abdel Fatah Al Burhan and RSF commander Mohammed Hamadan Daglo over the future government structure.

The army is currently making significant advances In Central Sudan and Hardum in its multi-brown offensive against RSF.

The plane crash came a day after RSF took responsibility for overthrowing a Russian Illushin plane in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.

On Monday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres warned of “further escalation” after RSF and its allies announced that they would form A parallel in areas under their control.

UN says conflict has eradicated more than 12 million people, causing the largest crises of hunger and displacement in the world.