20 deaths when the plane crash in Südsudan according to official information

20 deaths when the plane crash in Südsudan according to official information

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cause of the crash

The plane crashed at the UNITION OFF Airport on Wednesday morning, while on the way to the capital juba , the information minister of the Unity-State.

identity of the victims

Gatwech Bipal said that passengers were oil workers from Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC), a consortium that includes the China National Petroleum Corporation and the state -run Nile Petroleum Corporation. Among the dead were two Chinese citizens and one Indian. Bipal announced no further information about the exact circumstances of the crash.

number of victims and survivors

The first media reports initially estimated the number of dead at 18, but Bipal confirmed to Reuters that two survivors later died in the hospital. Overall, only one person survived the accident.

flight accidents in South Sudan

In recent years there have been several plane plague in the war -plagued South Sudan. In September 2018, at least 19 people died when a small plane, which passengers promoted from Juba to the city of Yirol, crashed. In 2015 there was also a tragic incident in which a cargo plane built in Russia that had passengers on board crashed from Juba Airport after the start.