A collision happened between two Sudanese army planes on the runway at Khartoum airport on Wednesday leaving eight people injured, officials said.
The Soviet-era Antonov aircraft had landed within seconds of each other when the accident occurred, an airport official said.
“The eight people who were injured, were taken to hospital after the collision between the military planes at Khartoum airport,” said another official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.
Sudanese military spokesman Brigadier Ahmed Khalifa Shami in a statement said the two aircraft were military cargo planes, and added that the incident did not cause “any losses”.
Both planes appeared to have been badly damaged in pictures posted online.
Airport officials said the facility had been temporarily closed after the accident.
Wednesday’s accident is the third to have hit Sudan’s ageing military fleet in less than a month.
-AFP
