A plane carrying 21 passengers and crew crashed in South Sudan’s Unity State on Wednesday, killing 18 people, according to United Nations radio station Radio Miraya.
The aircraft had departed from an oilfield in the northern state before going down, Radio Miraya reported. No further details were immediately available, and South Sudan’s Information Minister Michael Makuei did not respond to requests for comment.
South Sudan has experienced multiple air disasters in recent years. In September 2018, at least 19 people died when a small aircraft traveling from the capital, Juba, to the city of Yirol crashed.
In 2015, a Russian-built cargo plane carrying passengers crashed shortly after takeoff from Juba’s airport, killing dozens.
Authorities have yet to determine the cause of Wednesday’s crash.
