At least 10 people, including the two pilots, died when a plane crashed on Tuesday at an airstrip in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the region’s governor said.
A South Sudan Supreme Airlines LET L-410 crashed around 17:00 on Tuesday, shortly after taking off from the airstrip of Pieri in Jonglei state for a flight to the capital, Juba, local media report. Both pilots are among the dead.
“It was with great shock and horror to receive the news of the plane crash (HK-4274) of South Sudan Supreme Airline that happened today the 2nd day of March 2021 at around 17.05 at Pieri Airstrip,” Governor Denay Jock Chagor said in a statement sent to AFP news agency on Wednesday.
HK-4274 is a fake Colombian registration.
This post was published on 3 March 2021 13:03
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