“Our thoughts and condolences go to the families and loved ones who are aboard at this incredibly difficult time,” Chol said.
Oil workers who were men worked at the Great Pioneer (GPOC), and the aircraft was run by the Light Air Services aviation company.
GPOC is a joint venture that includes state-owned oil companies from India, China, Malaysia and South Sudan.
This was to become a common intelligence mission.
South Sudan’s aviation infrastructure is not sufficiently developed, and there is a poor security report in the country.
Aerial accidents are common and often blamed for overloading the aircraft or weather conditions.
In 2021, five people were killed after a cargo aircraft was transported for the UN World Food Program (WFP) crashed near Juba.
