{UAH} Ugandan Among South Sudan Plane Crash Victims

Ugandan Among South Sudan Plane Crash Victims

ByDickens H Okello

Posted on September 9, 2018

WRECKAGE OF THE SUBMERGED AIRCRAFT

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A Ugandan identified as Twesigye Aggrey is among the 20 people who perished in a plane crash in Yirol River in Central South Sudan on Sunday morning.

A light passenger aircraft (Let L-410 Turbolet) carrying 23 people from capital Juba to Yirol city crashed into the river in an attempt to land in a thick fog.

The South Sudan aviation body released the names of the deceased that included 4 female adults, 1 female minor, 2 male minors and 13 male adults.

South Sudan Minister for Information, Youth and Cultural Affairs, Taban Abel Aguek said in a brief statement that the victims included an Anglican bishop, and also the pilot and co-pilot.

The only 3 survivors include 2 children and an Italian doctor working for a humanitarian organization.

18 of the victims are South Sudanese nationals, 1 Ugandan and Ethiopian. Victims in South Sudan Plane Crash

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