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S. Sudan plane crashes with about 20 on board: official
JUBA, Sept 9, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A 19-seater plane crashed into a lake in
the centre of South Sudan on Sunday, a regional official told AFP, adding
“many on board are feared dead”.
“We have not yet established full details of the airline but what we know
it is a 19-seater plane coming from Juba to Yirol this morning,” said
regional information minister for the Eastern Great Lakes state Taban Abel
Aguek.
“When it arrived the weather was so foggy and when it tried to land it
crashed into Lake Yirol adjacent to Yirol town. Its so sad. Many people on
board are feared dead. We are still establishing details,” he said.
He said the Anglican Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut, was confirmed among the
dead.
The United Nations radio station Radio Miraya reported there were only
three survivors, and posted a picture on its Twitter account of the twisted
wreckage of the plane submerged in water.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1610 hrs