Several people are feared dead due to a plane crash in southern Sudan, the head of Juba International Airport said in a statement late Tuesday, according to the Anadolu Agency.
Meanwhile, South Sudan News Now, a local newspaper, reported that the plane crashed in Jonglei State’s Uror County several minutes after leaving for Juba from Pieri’s runway, north of the capital, with all eight passengers and two pilots on board. killed.
The plane crashed on the outskirts of the Pieri Payam region at 5pm local time (19:00 GMT), the newspaper said.
The plane is a commercial aircraft operated by South Sudan Supreme Airlines, according to local sources.
The identity of the victims is still being investigated, the report says.
This is the second such incident reported with an aircraft operated by the regional airline.
The first thing happened in 2017 when a South Supreme Airlines plane caught fire and landed in a crash land, but fortunately there were no deaths.
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