By Deng Ghai Deng<\/p>\n
South Sudan\u2019s aviation authorities have confirmed a plane crash on Tuesday morning involving a private chartered aircraft.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Director of South Sudan Aviation Authority, John David said that the institution has set a team to investigate the crash.<\/p>\n “Until now, we do not have information on what actually went wrong. We have sent a team to investigate the incident, and they have yet to update my office,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n According to the Aviation Authority, the plane departed from Juba and crash-landed at Lankien Airstrip in Nyirol County, Jonglei State.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not yet informed on whether all the passengers are safe or not,” David said in a statement to this publication.<\/p>\n The crash adds to a growing list of aviation incidents in the country, raising safety concerns within the sector. He urges aviation companies to ensure that their pilots are thoroughly vetted and fit for duty.<\/p>\n This crash follows a series of troubling aviation incidents in the country.<\/p>\n In August 2023, a private light aircraft crashed in the Mandeng area of Nasir County, injuring four people onboard.<\/p>\n In another incident just days earlier, on August 9, a United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) plane crash-landed at Malakal Airport, narrowly avoiding a major disaster with 35 people aboard.<\/p>\n A cargo aircraft chartered by the World Food Programme (WFP) caught fire on August 8 after landing in Pieri Payam, Uror County, Jonglei State, causing a deadly blaze that spread to nearby huts, killing three people and injuring others.<\/p>\n Other significant incidents this year include a military cargo plane crash at Yida Airstrip in March and a passenger aircraft crash-landing at Malakal Airport in February, both of which fortunately had no reported fatalities.<\/p>\n The deadliest recent crash occurred in August 2020, when a cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport, killing eight people, with only one survivor.<\/p>\n The series of aviation accidents in South Sudan is part of a broader trend that experts attribute to the country’s challenging road infrastructure, which makes air transport a crucial but risky mode of travel.<\/p>\n However, with increasing demand for flights and limited resources for aviation safety measures, aviation authority has called for greater oversight and accountability in the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Deng Ghai Deng South Sudan\u2019s aviation authorities have confirmed a plane crash on Tuesday morning involving a private chartered aircraft. Director of South Sudan Aviation Authority, John David said that the institution has set a team to investigate the crash. “Until now, we do not have information on what[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31010,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009\/revisions\/31010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDavid highlighted that many recent accidents have been attributed to pilot error, rather than technical issues.<\/p>\n