JUBA, South Sudan, Nov. 4 (UPI) — A Russian-built cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Wednesday from an airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing up to 40 passengers, most children.
The South Sudanese president said 17 people died in the crash. A reporter from Radio Miraya, a United Nations-run radio station, counted at least 40 bodies, most children.
So far, three survivors have been confirmed.
The aircraft was thought to be traveling to Paloch in the Upper Nile area when it crashed some 3,000 feet from Juma International Airport.
This is the second Russian airliner to crash in four days. A passenger jet carrying 224 people went down in Egypt’s Sinai desert. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of both crashes.
