On Friday, an incident in Sudan confirmed why countries have been avoiding taking airplanes to the nation to evacuate its citizens.
The war between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan military is still on and not foreign airplanes are spared.
There were reports that Sudan’s paramilitary RSF allegedly shot at a Turkish evacuation plane damaging the fuel supply.
Countries had began evacuation of its citizens to ensure their safety.
While some countries are evacuating by air, others are evacuating by sea and road.
Turkey had sent in an airplane to evacuate some stranded persons, but that airplane is now trapped in Sudan.
According to reports, that plan was landing at the Wadi Saeedna airbase in the capital of Khartoum on Friday when RSF opened fire.
Fortunately, the plane managed to land safely despite being shot at.
The Sudan Army says it is being fixed.
‘No Injuries’
Reports earlier claim that a crew member was wounded in the attack. But Turkey’s defence ministry says there were no injuries, according to Daily Mail.
“Light weapons were fired on our C-130 evacuation plane… Our plane landed safely.
“Although there are no injuries to our personnel, necessary repairs are being carried out on our aircraft,” the Turkish defence ministry said.
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However, the RSF denies firing at the plane, the paramilitary claims the army is ‘spreading lies’.
“Our forces have remained strictly committed to the humanitarian truce that we agreed upon since midnight, and it is not true that we targeted any aircraft in the sky of Wadi Seyidna in Omdurman,” the RSF says.
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