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Five killed in South Sudan plane crash

By AFP
November 03, 2021

JUBA: Five people were killed on Tuesday when a cargo plane carrying fuel for the UN’s World Food Programme crashed near South Sudan’s capital Juba, airport officials said. The aircraft -- a Soviet-era Antonov An-26 transport plane -- crashed shortly after taking off from Juba’s international airport, killing everyone onboard.