Jan 30, 2025 · Gatwech Bipal, Unity State’s information minister, confirmed the death toll and stated that the sole survivor, a South Sudanese engineer, is currently in critical condition at a local hospital. “Twenty are confirmed dead and one survived,” Bipal said.

Jan 29, 2025 · Bipal gave no more details on the circumstances that led to the crash. Media reports had initially put the death toll at 18 but Bipal told Reuters two survivors had later died. One person survived.

Jan 29, 2025 · Unity State's Information Minister Gatwech Bipal said the aircraft ferrying 21 people, including two Chinese nationals and one Indian, crashed after take-off.

Jan 29, 2025 · At least 19 people, including foreigners, died in South Sudan on Wednesday when a small aircraft carrying oil workers from the Unity oilfields of Rubkona County in Unity State to

Jan 30, 2025 · The plane had departed for the capital Juba when it went down, Gatwech Bipal said. The passengers were oil workers of the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC), a consortium that includes China National Petroleum Corporation and state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation, he said.

Jan 29, 2025 · NAIROBI (Reuters) -A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan's Unity State crashed on takeoff from its oilfield airport on Wednesday, killing 20 people, the region's information minister...

Jan 29, 2025 · The flight, chartered by Chinese oil firm Greater Pioneer Operating Co., had 21 people on board, including two pilots, said Gatwech Bipal, the minister of information in the oil-rich Unity state ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Twenty people were killed in South Sudan's Unity State Wednesday after a plane heading to the capital Juba crashed at an oilfield airstrip. Unity State information minister, Gatwech Bipal, told VOA’s John Tanza the passengers were oil workers for the Greater Pioneer Operating Company, a consortium that includes China National Petroleum Corporation and the state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation.

Jan 29, 2025 · The plane crashed at the Unity oilfield airport on Wednesday morning as it was heading to the capital Juba, Gatwech Bipal, Unity State's information minister, said.

Jan 29, 2025 · A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan ’s Unity State crashed on Wednesday, killing 20 people, an official said. The plane crashed at the Unity oilfield airport on Wednesday morning...