Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 29 January 2025
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 1900D
Owner/operator: Light Air Services, lsf Eagle Air
Registration Number: 5X-RHB
Location: GPOC Unity Airstrip –
ÿ South Sudan
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 21
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Beech 1900D aircraft carrying oil workers crashed during a flight from the Unity oilfield to Juba in South Sudan. Twenty fatalities resulted, with one surviving. The airplane was destroyed upon takeoff at Unity oilfield airport.A Beech 1900D aircraft carrying oil workers crashed during a flight from the Unity oilfield to Juba in South Sudan. Twenty fatalities resulted, with one surviving. The airplane was destroyed upon takeoff at Unity oilfield airport.
Description
A Beech 1900D carrying oil workers crashed under unknown circumstances while on a flight from the Unity oilfield to Juba in South Sudan. There are said to be twenty fatalities. One occupant survived the crash. The airplane was destroyed. Apparently the airplane crashed upon takeoff at Unity oilfield airport.
Source of Information
https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-at-least-19-killed-in-plane-crash, https://www.eyeradio.org/19-reportedly-killed-in-plane-crash-in-unity-oilfield/, https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/plane-crash-south-sudans-unity-state-kills-18-uns-radio-miraya-reports-2025-01-29/https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-at-least-19-killed-in-plane-crash, https://www.eyeradio.org/19-reportedly-killed-in-plane-crash-in-unity-oilfield/, https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/plane-crash-south-sudans-unity-state-kills-18-uns-radio-miraya-reports-2025-01-29/Primary Cause
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