By XINHUA More by this AuthorAt least 17 people were killed when a cargo plane crashed after takeoff from the Juba International Airport in South Sudan on Saturday morning. He said the cargo plane belonging to South West Aviation crashed near the Hai Referendum residential area in Juba. "There are no more details I can give you right now but what I know is that it was a cargo plane. There were no more people onboard," Mr Kuol told Xinhua. Past incidentIn 2018, a plane belonging to South West Company crashed in eastern Lakes Regions in South Sudan, killing 17 people on board.

Source: Daily Nation August 22, 2020 16:52 UTC