A small plane crashed on Monday in South Sudan near the capital Juba, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, local officials said.
On top of instability, conflict and poverty, South Sudan also lacks reliable transport infrastructure with frequent plane crashes linked to overloading and bad weather.
The plane was a Cessna that took off from Juba International Airport at 9.15am local time and crashed about 20 kilometers from the capital with no survivors, the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority said.
It said initial reports indicated the cause as “bad weather conditions, especially low visibility”.
The victims include 12 citizens of South Sudan and two from Kenya.
