AT least 41 people have reportedly been killed after a plane made a crash landing shortly after taking off from a Juba Airport in South Sudan, police and local media report.
Russia’s presidential spokesman Ateny Wek told Reuters that the plane may have had about 20 people on board including crew, and an unknown number of people were killed on the ground.
The plane crashed onto a small island in the White Nile river, close to Juba airport.
Several small farming communities live on the island, and it was not clear if some of the victims were people who were on the ground when the plane hit.
A police officer said at least 41 people have lost their lives in the crash. At least two people, including a child, survived the crash.
A reporter at the scene said he could see people searching for survivors and carrying bodies out of the wreckage.
Reuters witnesses said the tail fin of the plane and other parts were scattered along the banks of the White Nile River near the airport in the capital Juba.
The main fuselage of the plane had ploughed into thick woodland, with debris scattered around the riverbank in a wide area.
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