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SOUTH SUDAN: Plane crash kills 20

A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan killing at least 20 people, leaving only one confirmed survivor, Unity State’s minister for information said Wednesday.

The aircraft came down near the oil fields in Unity State at around 10:30am local time (0830 GMT) shortly after taking off for the capital Juba.

“The plane crashed 500 metres away from the airport,” Gatwech Bipal Both told AFP by phone.

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“21 people were on board. As for now, there’s only one survivor.”

The survivor, a South Sudanese engineer working at the oil field, has been rushed to Bentiu State hospital, the minister said.

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