Yesterday evening, a Sudanese Air Force aircraft identified without further details as an Antonov, crashed in the outskirts of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The victims among the military on board and civilians on the ground would be 46 according to unspecified sources of the regional government. Figure not confirmed by other authorities. The accident occurred in the immediate vicinity of the Wadi Seidna air base, one of the main military hubs of the regular army located in Omdurman, and seems to be attributable to a technical malfunction that occurred in the initial phase of climbing after take-off.

Sudanese Government sources and local press confirm that the accident is part of a context of instability and internal conflict, aggravated by the power struggle between the head of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his former deputy, now commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The RSF, initially allied with the army, have today assumed an increasingly controversial and autonomous role, claiming, for example, the downing of an Ilyushin plane belonging to the army, in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, which occurred just the day before yesterday, 24 February 2025.

Nothing official is known about yesterday's accident, except for a brief statement made by a representative of the army spokesman's office, according to which the Antonov crashed immediately after take-off from Wadi Seidna airport, adding that: "We have recorded a number of martyrs and wounded among military personnel and civilians. The wounded have been treated, while firefighting teams have contained the fire at the site of the accident in the area of Al-Iskan, Block 75".

The plane, which was apparently headed to Port Sudan carrying several officials including high-ranking personnel such as Major General Bahr Ahmed Bahr , commander of the Bahri military zone, who died in the accident, first grazed the roofs of houses before crashing into Block 75 of the Al-Thawra residential area, causing powerful explosions and raising dense clouds of dust and smoke, according to "Sudan Tribune" reporting, citing eyewitnesses.

The internal conflict, ongoing since 2023 and responsible for tens of thousands of victims, has further destabilized Sudan's military landscape, making control and surveillance operations increasingly critical, including in the air sector. The incident in Khartoum highlights not only the direct consequences of possible technical problems in a war context, but also the negative impact that the growing autonomy of the RSF can have on the security of military and civilian operations. The authorities are launching an investigation to determine the causes of the malfunction.