A russian cargo plane was shot down in a giant fireball after a friendly fire disaster that has left no survivors, reports Dublin's Irish Sun.
The transport aircraft flying over Sudan was hit by a guided missile mistakenly fired by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The burning Russian-made Ilyushin Il-76T hit the ground and exploded in a giant fireball in the west of the country where fighting has been raging in the civil war.
Debris burned across a wide area on the ground as the Sudanese soldiers celebrate around what they mistook for a bomber, footage posted to social media shows.
Despite being Russian-made and crewed, the plane appears to have been working for the UAE.
The Emirates has been backing the RSF rebels with weapons through plane shipments like the one shot down in the friendly fire bungle.
Documents belonging to two suspected Russian crew members with IDs linking back to a UAE company were found at the crash site.
Russian aviation channel Aviators China on Telegram said: 'The transport plane was mistakenly shot down early this morning by the Rapid Reaction Force, RSF.
'According to one of the commanders of the force, Ali Rizkallah, his subordinates used guided missiles to shoot down an 'Egyptian Antonov', which was allegedly used by the Egyptian military as a bomber.
'However, a little later they realised that they had shot down an Il-76, which was delivering aid from the UAE to Amjaras [in Chad], by 'friendly fire'.'
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The transport aircraft flying over Sudan was hit by a guided missile mistakenly fired by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The burning Russian-made Ilyushin Il-76T hit the ground and exploded in a giant fireball in the west of the country where fighting has been raging in the civil war.
Debris burned across a wide area on the ground as the Sudanese soldiers celebrate around what they mistook for a bomber, footage posted to social media shows.
Despite being Russian-made and crewed, the plane appears to have been working for the UAE.
The Emirates has been backing the RSF rebels with weapons through plane shipments like the one shot down in the friendly fire bungle.
Documents belonging to two suspected Russian crew members with IDs linking back to a UAE company were found at the crash site.
Russian aviation channel Aviators China on Telegram said: 'The transport plane was mistakenly shot down early this morning by the Rapid Reaction Force, RSF.
'According to one of the commanders of the force, Ali Rizkallah, his subordinates used guided missiles to shoot down an 'Egyptian Antonov', which was allegedly used by the Egyptian military as a bomber.
'However, a little later they realised that they had shot down an Il-76, which was delivering aid from the UAE to Amjaras [in Chad], by 'friendly fire'.'
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