Kenyan registered aircraft in fatal South Sudan crash

A Global Airlift HS 748 crashed on approach to Panyagor airport in South Sudan yesterday killing both pilots and seriously injuring one other crew member.
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It is the second loss of an HS 748 turboprop in South Sudan this year. In February one crashed at Rubkona airport in South Sudan killing one crew member and injuring the other three. 
Both were carrying aid relief cargoes.
Friday’s crash involved a A Kenyan-registered aircraft manufactured in 1981. It was on charter for the Lutheran World Foundation to deliver relief goods loaded in Juba, South Sudan’s capital city.
A formal air accident investigation has already been instituted by the Kenya civil aviation in collaboration with the South Sudanese authorities.
 

A Swedish HS 748, similar to the one that crashed in South Sudan yesterday (Picture Wikipedia)

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