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 as it was heading to the capital Juba,

KABUL (Pajhwok): An aircraft carrying oil workers in south Sudan’s Unity State has crashed, killing 20 people, a media report said on Thursday. En route to the capital Juba, the ill-fated plane crashed at the Unity oilfield airport on Wednesday, CNN quoted the state information minister as saying.

South Sudan, a nation affected by conflict, has experienced multiple air disasters in recent years. In September 2018, a small plane traveling from the capital, Juba, to Yirol crashed, resulting in at least 19 fatalities.