2025 IBM Airlines Boeing 737 incident

2025 IBM Airlines Boeing 737 incident
5Y-CKD, the aircraft involved, seen in 2024
Occurrence
Date3 May 2025 (2025-05-03)
SummaryDestroyed by the Sudanese Armed Forces; shot down or bombed
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-290C Advanced
OperatorIBM Airlines
Registration5Y-CKD
Flight originWau Airport, Wau, South Sudan
DestinationNyala Airport, Nyala, Sudan
Occupants20 or 90
Passengers18 or 88
Crew2
Fatalities20 or 90
Survivors0

On 3 May 2025, a cargo Boeing 737-290C Advanced operated by IBM Airlines was destroyed at Nyala Airport by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) during the Sudanese civil war. It was destroyed due to suspicions of carrying military weapons and supplies to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). At least 20 or 90 occupants on board the aircraft were killed. Sources disagree on if it was a bombing or a shootdown.