By Enyichukwu Enemanna
A small passenger plane carrying 14 passengers has crashed in South Sudan with no survival recorded, the country’s civil aviation authority (SSCAA) has announced.
A team has been dispatched to the crash scene for investigations but preliminary reports say the aircraft may have come down “due to adverse weather conditions, particularly low visibility”, the SSCAA added in a statement.
The plane crashed about 20km south-west of the capital, Juba, on Monday morning.
It took off from Yei at 09:15 local time ( 07:15 GMT) and the authorities lost contact about 30 minutes into the journey to the capital.
Among the 14 on the flight, the pilot and 13 passengers were 12 South Sudanese and two Kenyans.
The plane a Cessna 208 Caravan was operated by CityLink Aviation Ltd.
According to multiple reports, South Sudan’s aviation infrastructure is not well developed and the country has a poor safety record.
Air accidents are common, and frequently blamed on overloading of the aircraft or the weather conditions.
In January 2025, 20 oil workers died after their aircraft, which was headed for Juba, came down three minutes after take off near the oil fields of Unity state in the north.
