On 22 August 2020, a South West Aviation

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turboprop aircraft crashed upon taking off from

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, for a domestic cargo charter flight to Aweil and to

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Background

South West Aviation Co. Ltd., founded in 2017, is a passenger and cargo airline based in

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. The airline was responsible for the fatal crash of an L-410 Turbolet in Juba in 2018. In the aftermath of that accident, President

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banned aircraft greater than 20 years of age from operating passenger flights.

Accident

Eyewitnesses report that the aircraft suddenly lost power and crashed in the Hai Referendum residential area. Weather is not believed to be a factor. 8 people in the aircraft, (3 South Sudanese, and 5 Russians) and 9 (South Sudanese) people on the ground were reported killed. There was one reported survivor who was taken to a hospital in critical condition. According to South Sudanese Transport Minister Madut Biar Yol there were five crew members, all

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n nationals. According to early reports, the plane crashed into a residential area. It burned as residents approached it. Some reports indicated the aircraft was on a charter flight for the

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(WFP) when it crashed, and was carrying spare parts, motorbikes, food, as well as NGO staff salaries, though the WFP subsequently clarified that the aircraft had in fact been chartered by Galaxy Star International, a local company that provides services to the WFP and other UN agencies.

Reactions

South Sudanese president

called upon the Ministry of Transportation to "adhere to international standards" when assessing the airworthiness of aircraft adding "I know that it is hard to cope with the tragedy of this nature, but let us work hard to find the cause of this accident and use the lessons learned from it to prevent the occurrence of similar tragedies in the future".

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Background

Accident

Reactions

See also

Other crashes in residential areas

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