Five Armenian Citzens Killed In South Sudan Plane Crash


Five Armenian Citzens Killed In South Sudan Plane Crash –

A Cargo plane taking off from the South Sudanese capital of Juba crashed along the banks of the Nile River, killing at least 25 people, witnesses and a government official said.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene of the crash saw the bodies, including those of children. Parts of the plane were scattered in a bushy area dotted with a few homes on the east side of the Nile. Packages of cheap sandals, cigarettes, beer and crackers were strewn amid the wreckage.

Bashir Yashin, who saw the plane come down, said it initially seemed as though the plane might crash into a market area before the pilot apparently diverted it. Another witness, Angelo Kenyi, said a child who looked no more than a year old and an elderly woman were pulled from the fuselage.

Five members of the crew of the cargo plane that crashed in South Sudan today were citizens of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs.

“According to a preliminary information from the Armenian Embassy in Egypt, five crewmembers were citizens of the Republic of Armenia,” the Ministry said.


 


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