JUBA: A plane carrying food aid for international charity Samaritan’s Purse crashed in South Sudan’s Unity State on Tuesday, killing all three crew members, an official from the charity said.
The aircraft, operated by Nari Air, was taking 2 tons of supplies from the capital Juba to people who had been displaced by floods, Samaritan’s Purse deputy director in South Sudan, Bikram Rai, told Reuters.
“Our team has reached the crash site, and it is with deep sadness that I share the confirmation that all three crew members have passed away,” Rai said.
The aircraft crashed around 20 km (12 miles) outside Leer Airstrip in the oil-rich Unity State’s Leer county near the border with Sudan at around 8 a.m. (0600 GMT).
Nari Air did not respond to a phone call seeking comment. There were no immediate details on the make or model of the aircraft.
On its website, Nari Air says it operates out of South Sudan and offers a range of services including chartered services for cargo and passengers.
Plane carrying food aid crashes in South Sudan, three dead
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Plane carrying food aid crashes in South Sudan, three dead
- The aircraft was taking 2 tons of supplies from Juba to people who had been displaced by floods
- The aircraft crashed around 20 km (12 miles) outside Leer Airstrip
Russian strike on Ukraine kills 4, including 3 young children: official
- Bogodukhiv is located in Kharkiv region, where Russian forces have recently stepped up attacks on transport and energy infrastructure
KYIV, Ukraine: A Russian strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bogodukhiv killed four people, including three young children, an official said on Wednesday.
Two one-year-old boys and a two-year-old girl died as a result of an enemy strike, according to regional military head Oleg Synegubov.
A 34-year-old man in the same house as the children also died from his wounds, Synegubov said on Telegram.
He added that a 74-year-old woman was wounded and was receiving medical assistance.
In an earlier statement, he also said a 35-year-old pregnant woman had been wounded in the strike.
Bogodukhiv is located in Kharkiv region, where Russian forces have recently stepped up attacks on transport and energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian and Russian officials have held US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending Moscow’s four-year invasion.
The two sides conducted a prisoner swap last week, though an agreement to draw a line under the conflict still seems a way off.
According to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), around 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since Russia invaded in February 2022.
HRMMU said that 2025 was the deadliest year with more than 2,500 civilians killed.
