A fiery plane landing in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur has killed Six of the 38 passengers onboard.The aircraft, chartered by a local airliner called Tarco, caught fire as it was landing at a dirt airstrip in the town of Zalengi in West Darfur state.
"The Antonov 24 left Khartoum at 1:27 pm (1027 GMT) and touched down at Zalingei at 4:18 pm (1318 GMT). Two tires burst on landing and the aircraft split in two and burst into flames," Tarco Airlines front man Issam Eddine Ibrahim told AFP.
West Darfur governor Abdel Hakim Jaafar Asam Ishaq said he could not yet provide an accurate breakdown of the casualty numbers
"There were survivors, injured and dead," AFP quoted Ishaq as saying.
Sudanese officials said no member of the crew, whose nationalities have not yet been revealed, was killed in the accident.
Accidents are common among Sudan's ageing fleet of aircraft.
Khartoum government has recently dismissed the country's aviation chief and banned several companies because of their poor safety records.