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20 killed in South Sudan plane crash

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20 killed in South Sudan plane crash

Lineo Matlole

A small aircraft carrying oil workers crashed on Wednesday in South Sudan’s Unity State, killing 20 people, an official has confirmed.

The plane went down at 10:30am local time (8:30 GMT) at the Unity oilfield airport while en route to the capital, Juba, according to Unity State’s Information Minister, Gatwech Bipal Both.

Bipal stated that the passengers were employees of the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC), a consortium that includes China National Petroleum Corporation and state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation.

Among the casualties were two Chinese nationals and one Indian. Initially, media reports placed the death toll at 18, but Bipal later confirmed that two survivors had succumbed to their injuries, leaving just one survivor.

“The plane crashed 500 metres away from the airport. 21 people were on board. As for now, there’s only one survivor,” Gatwech Bipal Both later told AFP by phone.

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He said the aircraft, chartered by the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC) and operated by Light Air Services Aviation Company, was on a routine mission to the area.

“The state government is in a deep sorrow by this accident (sic),” he said, adding there would be an investigation.

“Although most people predicted that this might be a mechanical collision.”

South Sudan has experienced several air disasters in recent years. In September 2018, a small aircraft carrying passengers from Juba to Yirol crashed, killing at least 19 people. Similarly, in 2015, a Russian-built cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Juba’s airport, killing dozens. – News Central TV

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