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On 17 February 2014, a 748 Air Services Hawker Siddeley HS 748 performing a humanitarian cargo flight from Juba International Airport to Bentiu Airport, South Sudan crash-landed at Bentiu, killing one of four occupants.

Incident

The flight was operating an humanitarian aid cargo flight from Juba to Bentiu during the South Sudanese conflict. The aircraft was on approach to land at Bentiu Airport when it crash-landed. The plane touched down too fast, causing it to veer off the runway, run across a ditch and strike two parked vehicles. As a result, the aircraft broke up and shortly afterwards caught fire. One crew member died and three others on board were injured. This was the first commercial aviation accident in South Sudan since the country became independent in 2011. A witness on the ground reported that the aircraft was attempting an unstabilized approach at high speed. The crash resulted in hull loss.

Incident summary
Date	17 February 2014
Summary	Crash-landed
Site	Bentiu, South Sudan
Crew	4
Fatalities	1
Survivors	3
Aircraft type	Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Operator	748 Air Services
Registration	5Y-HAJ
Flight origin	Juba International Airport, Juba
Destination	Bentiu Airport, Bentiu

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