On 10 June 2008, at approximately 17:26 UTC, the Airbus A310 crashed on landing at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 of the 214 occupants on board.

The investigation concluded that the accident was caused by the long flaring distance of the flight on a wet runway, aggravated with the non-deployment of the autobrake and one of the Airbus A310's two engine reversers.

[4] The aircraft involved in the accident was an Airbus A310-324, c/n 548, tail number ST-ATN, that had its maiden flight on 23 August 1990 as F-WWCV.

1 engine thrust reverser, having arrived as such from Cairo the previous day, with the outage labeled per the Minimum Equipment List (MEL).

A sandstorm and heavy rain prevented the aircraft from landing in Khartoum, and forced the crew to divert to Port Sudan.

The fire, which managed to get inside the cabin, was reported as intense and created thick smoke while passengers evacuated.

The thick smoke and nighttime darkness hampered the evacuation process, which was further aggravated by panicked passengers, who were not briefed at all on safety procedures.

[4]: 35 In the immediate aftermath of the crash, news media stated that up to 120 people might have been killed in the accident, as the head of medical services, Major General Muhammad Osman Mahjoub, reported Reuters that there were 120 bodies on the site.

[11] The number was later reduced to 100[12][13] and was later revised to 28 as officials discovered that many of the survivors had left the scene, hence mistakenly declared as dead or missing.

[10] Additionally, news media reported that 17 people were treated for mild injuries, including the pilot of the flight.

[15] A state funeral for the passengers and crew member who died on the flight was held in Khartoum on 11 June.

The funeral was attended by Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and several senior state officials.

Several people, including Sudan Airways, blamed bad weather as the main cause of the incident.

Director of Khartoum International Airport Youssef Ibrahim stated that the crash was caused by an explosion on the right engine.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Sudan stated that the pilots might have caused the aircraft to land hard on the runway.

The deactivated left engine thrust reverser caused an asymmetrical power, as the aircraft started to veer to the right.