What happened
The incident occurred while the aircraft was on approach for landing at Shaibah Airbase, located near Basra. During the descent phase, a critical failure resulted in the simultaneous shutdown of all four engines. Faced with this total loss of power, the pilot decided to execute an emergency landing in a nearby desert area situated 66 kilometers northwest of the intended airport.
The aircraft came to rest on the ground and sustained damage that rendered it beyond repair. Despite the severity of the impact, all three members of the crew survived without injury. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had been registered in Pakistan for only four days, with the crew tasked with delivering the machine to Karachi.
Findings
Official investigations determined that the root cause of the event was a complete depletion of fuel reserves. This fuel exhaustion led directly to the failure of all four engines, leaving the crew with no option but to make an unpowered landing in the desert.