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Russian cargo plane crashes in South Sudan; at least 25 dead

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People gather at the site where a cargo plane crashed into a small farming community on a small island in the White Nile river, close to Juba airport in the Hai Gabat residential area, on Wednesday(Photo: Charles Lomodong, AFP/Getty Images)


A Russian-made cargo plane crashed onto a river bank shortly after takeoff Wednesday from Juba airport in South Sudan, killing at least 25 people, including many<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on the ground, according to media reports.
Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told Reuters the plane was carrying 18 people, including the six foreign crew, according to official documents. He said 15 of them died and three South Sudanese nationals survived, including a child.
A Reuters correspondent counted 41 bodies at the crash site by the White Nile River,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>indicating<span style="color: Red;">*</span>numerous deaths from people on the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ground.
Bashir Yashin, who saw the plane come down, said it initially<span style="color: Red;">*</span>seemed like<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the plane might crash into a market area before the pilot apparently diverted it, the Associated Press reported.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Another witness, Angelo Kenyi, said a child, who looked no more than a year old, and an elderly woman were pulled from the fuselage.
Parts of the plane were scattered in a bushy area on banks of the Nile with a few homes nearby. Packages of cheap sandals, cigarettes, beer and crackers were strewn amid the wreckage. The white tail section protruded from the brush.
Russian television channel LifeNews quoted an unnamed source at the Russian aviation agency as saying that the Antonov-12 plane, made in the Soviet Union in 1971, appeared to have been overloaded. There has been no official reaction from Russian authorities so far.
Wreckage was strewn on the east side of the Nile River, AP reported.
Ateny said the plane was en route to the Paloch oil fields South Sudan's Upper Nile state, according to AP.




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