A plane with about 200 people aboard crashed Tuesday while attempting to land at a Khartoum, Sudan, airport.

Video from the scene showed the wreckage engulfed in flames.

There was no immediate official word on casualties but Sudanese TV reported at least 100 dead.

The network also reported 13 out of the plane's 14 crew members survived,

Airport officials told CNN the plane overshot the runway in bad weather.

It was not immediately clear which airline or what type of plane was involved.

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Sudanese TV reports at least 100 died in the inferno.


The plane was reportedly flying from Amman, Jordan, airport security officials said. Early reports had said 180 were on the plane.

CNN's Nic Robertson, who recently was in Sudan, said the nation is in its rainy season. "It's the time of year where you get massive rain storms ... just coming in very quickly," he said.

"The problem in Khartoum is not just the rain, but it mixes with a lot of dust in the air. Khartoum is right on the edge of the Sahara Desert. The city is famous almost for these huge dust storms that blow in. So at this time of year, you get the dust, you get the rain coming together. It's bad conditions."

He said the Khartoum airport is very modern with a large amount of air traffic passing through.