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Africa: Five killed in South Sudan’s aviation sector as cargo plane carrying drums of fuel crashes

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Now fewer than five people died on Tuesday when a small cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off from Juba Airport in South Sudan, airport officials said.

According to reuters.com Authorities have started investigating the incident which involved an Antonov-26 plane operated by Optimum Aviation, a local firm, said Kur Koul, director general of the airport.

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The victims were all crew members of the plane, which was carrying drums of fuel to Maban County in Upper Nile State.

South Sudan, which has suffered from a debilitating conflict in the past decade, lacks a reliable land transportation infrastructure, forcing some cargo to be moved by air.

 

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