South Sudan: 41 killed as Cargo plane crashes

At least 41 people have been killed in an incident during which a Russian-built cargo plane crash-landed shortly after takeoff in South Sudan. The casualties were caused when a Russian-built cargo plane crash-landed Wednesday shortly after taking off from the international airport in South Sudan’s capital city of Juba. The chartered Antonov, heading to Paloch oil fields in the state of Upper Nile, went down about one mile (1.6 kilometers) from the airport’s runway on Wednesday morning, the United Nations-funded radio station, Radio Miraya, reported.