| 2021 South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410 Turbolet crash | |
| Image Upright: | 1.2 |
| Occurrence Type: | Accident |
| Summary: | Engines failed after takeoff |
| Site: | Pieri Airstrip, Uror County, South Sudan |
| Aircraft Type: | Let L-410 Turbolet |
| Operator: | South Sudan Supreme Airlines |
| Tail Number: | HK-4274 (fake),[1] TR-KSS (fake), 5Y-SSA (pre) [2] |
| Origin: | Pieri Airstrip, Uror County, South Sudan |
| Destination: | Yuai Airstrip, South Sudan |
| Occupants: | 10 |
| Passengers: | 8 |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Fatalities: | 10 |
| Survivors: | 0 |
On 2 March 2021, a Let L-410 Turbolet of South Sudan Supreme Airlines crashed in Pieri, Uror County, South Sudan on a domestic flight to Yuai Airstrip, South Sudan.
The accident aircraft was a Let L-410 UVP-E, with the fake registration of HK-4274.[3] The plane was the 1000th L-410 built and had previously been owned by Aeroflot, Universal-Avia, Business Aviation Center and Forty Eight Aviation. It was sold to South Sudan Supreme Airlines in 2017.[4]
The aircraft crashed immediately after taking off from Pieri Airstrip, South Sudan on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. There were 8 passengers, plus two crew on board.[3] The South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, who are investigating the accident, announced that the flight suffered from an engine failure about ten minutes after takeoff.[5] The flight then attempted to turn back to land, but the other engine then failed, causing the plane to lose speed and crash with little forward motion, after likely stalling.
The South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority has been tasked with carrying out an investigation and has sent a team to investigate what happened. Kur Kuol, director of the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, said preliminary investigations were focused on the engines.[6]