SAD: Scores Feared Dead In Plane

Scores are feared dead following a crash of a Russian-built cargo plane. The aircraft reportedly crashed on take-off near the international airport in South Sudan’s capital Juba.

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                        The cargo plane reportedly crashed just after take-off.

According to local reports, about 40 bodies were counted at the wreck site.

BBC reports that it remains unclear how many of the victims were on the plane and how many were on the ground.

Juba’s Radio Miraya says the plane was heading to Paloch in Upper Nile State and crashed just 8.00m from the runway.

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An inclement weather is said to be hampering rescue operations at the site of the crash

Ateny Wek Ateny, presidential spokesman told Reuters news agency that there were at least two survivors, a crew member and a child. The ill-fated plane came down on the banks of the White Nile river, on Wednesday, November 4, leaving a tail fin and lumps of fuselage strewn in vegetation close to the water.

Al Jazeera reports that an inclement weather was hampering the rescue effort. There are speculation that the plane may have had about 20 people on board, including crew and about 10 to 15 passengers.

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                                      An official said two people survived the crash.

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It is still unspecified how many people were aboard the ill fated flight, but local reports say no fewer than 41 were killed

The plane crash in Sudan is the second air-mishap involving Russian aircraft recorded in Africa within the space of one week.

It would be recalled that just over the weekend (on Saturday, October 31), over 200 passengers and crew aboard a Russian airliner flying from the popular tourist resort Sharm el-Sheikh, crashed into the Sinai desert.