Plane Crashes On Outskirts Of South Sudan's Capital, 14 Killed

Juba: A Cessna aircraft crashed in South Sudan, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot on board, as per the country's civil aviation authority (SSCAA). The passengers included two Kenyan nationals and ​12 South Sudanese nationals.

The small passenger plane, a Cessna 208 Caravan, operated by CityLink ​Aviation, lost communication while ​flying from Yei to Juba International Airport, the aviation authority ​said. It detailed that the plane took off at ‌0915 ⁠local time and lost contact at 0943, about 30 minutes into the journey to the capital.

Preliminary ​reports ⁠indicated that the aircraft may have crashed in bad ⁠weather, ​particularly low visibility. As per reports, officials have sent a team to the crash site for investigations. 

The plane reportedly came down about 20 km south-west of the capital city, Juba.

Further details are awaited.

Planes Collide On Delhi Airport Tarmac

Earlier in April, two planes, belonging to Akasa Air and SpiceJet airlines, collided at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Thursday evening. The incident took place while the SpiceJet B737-700, which had arrived from Leh, was taxiing at the airport, resulting in damage to the right wing of the aircraft. 

As per some visuals from the spot, the right winglet of SpiceJet aircraft stuck onto the Akasa Air plane due to the impact of the collision. The Akasa Air B-737 aircraft was reportedly stationary when the wings of the SpiceJet plane hit its Horizontal tail surface (HTS).

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