Forty-Four Feared Dead In South Supreme Airliner Crash

A plane has crashed in South Sudan with dozens of people feared dead.

The airliner crashed at Wau Airport, in the north west of the country, on Monday at around 3pm local time.

Official passenger lists are yet to be made available, but it is reported that 44 people were on board the aeroplane.

Pictures show the bulk of the plane was destroyed after a fire broke out on board.

Firefighters tackled the flames after the airliner crashed, with South Sudan's Eye radio reporting nine people have been pulled out alive and rushed to hospital.

Eye Radio reporter Deng Dimo said: "The plane was blowing smoke from the tail before it crashed.

"But when it touched the ground, it immediately burst into a huge flame."

Authorities are yet to give details of the number of casualties, with it initially feared that all aboard the aircraft had been killed.

However, an aid worker near the scene of the crash told Reuters: "No one died but there are a number of injured people right now."

A local official told the BBC the plane was coming from the capital, Juba.

South Supreme Airlines began operating in September 2013, with a handful of flights every week between South Sudan and neighbouring Uganda.

Source: The Independent, BBC, The Mirror and Reuters

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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