Published On 4/27/2026
The Civil Aviation Authority of South Sudan confirmed that 14 people were killed in a plane crash on the outskirts of the capital, Juba, and suggested that bad weather conditions caused the accident.
The authority said that the Cessna plane crashed on Monday, killing all 13 passengers, in addition to its pilot.
She added that initial reports “indicate that the plane, coming from the town of Yei, may have crashed due to bad weather conditions that led to low visibility,” and indicated that among the dead were two Kenyan citizens, and the rest were from South Sudan.
The authority reported that a team was sent to the site of the accident, which is about 20 kilometers from Juba, while video clips of the crash site, circulated on social media sites, showed the wreckage of the plane on fire, and the site in the pictures appeared mountainous and foggy.
A member of the United Nations rescue team sent to the scene, who requested that his name not be used, said that all the bodies of the victims were charred beyond recognition.
It is noteworthy that plane crashes occur frequently in the state of South Sudan, which separated from Sudan in 2011, and the cause is often due to overloading or bad weather conditions.
In January 2025, 20 people were killed in a plane crash in the north of the country. In 2021, 5 people died when a cargo plane carrying fuel belonging to the World Food Program crashed, and in 2015, a plane crash in Juba killed 36 people.
