At least 19 people have died in South Sudan on Wednesday after a Beechcraft 1900D carrying oil workers from the Unity oilfields of Rubkona County crashed 10 minutes after takeoff.
According to the local official, the aircraft, with registration 5X-RHB and hired by the GPOC oil firm, carried a total of 21 people on board, including two pilots.
Minister Bipal explained that authorities confirmed that 17 of the deaths were South Sudanese and two were Chinese nationals.
Two of the survivors, a South Sudanese and an Indian man, are in critical condition and have been taken to a hospital for treatment, the state minister said.
