At least 36 dead in S.Sudan air crash - vanguard.

At least 36 people were killed on Wednesday when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from South Sudan‘s capital Juba, rescue workers said.

TOPSHOTS People gather at the site of a cargo plane crash, on a small island in the White Nile river, close to Juba airport, in the Hai Gabat residential area, on November 4, 2015. At least 27 people were killed today when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from South Sudan’s capital Juba, an AFP reporter said. Police were pulling the bodies of men, women and children out of the wreckage of the Russian-built Antonov An-12 cargo plane, which smashed into a farming community on an island on the White Nile river, according to the reporter, who counted at least 27 dead. AFP PHOTO
Police and rescue workers pulled bodies of men, women and children out of the wreckage of the Russian-built Antonov An-12 cargo plane, which smashed into a farming community on an island on the White Nile river, seconds after taking off.

“So far 36 bodies have been collected and brought to hospitals,” South Sudan Red Cross official Majju Hillary told AFP, adding that all the victims were on board the ill-fated aircraft.

Two survivors were pulled out of the twisted metal hulk of the plane but one of those later died, with a young boy the only survivor, the Red Cross said, adding the number of dead may still rise.
“We can’t assess this is the final toll, as some debris is too heavy to be lifted and needs some heavy machinery,” Hillary added.

The five-member Armenian crew were all killed, the Armenian foreign ministry said in a statement.

– ‘Landed near my door’ –
Farmer Ibrahim Mohamed said the plane crashed near to his home, with debris scattered around the hut where his four children were inside, but all were safe.

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