The second is not more than a week, the plane crash May have died a citizen of Russia, happened in North Africa. In Wednesday morning cargo plane An-12 crashed in southern Sudan. On inaccurate data, It crashed During takeoff in 800 metres from the runway. According to the latest information, in the cabin had 12 passengers and 6 crew members, of which 5 Armenian citizens and one citizen of Russia.

first, last Saturday, in the Northern part of Africa occurred ogromnaya disaster in the history of Russian and Soviet aviation: the Airbus-321 of airline " Kogalymavia ", which was flying from the refinement of esh-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, crashed in the Sinai. There were 217 passengers and 7 crew members. All of them lost his life.


About the crash of An-12 first said the South Sudanese media." in the cabin of the cargo plane suffered a crash today in Juba, there were Five crew members from the Russian Federation and 7 passengers. Only two survived, and among them one child, " he told the journal South Sudan Tribune on Twitter.

later these data confirmed and clarified the authorities of southern Sudan. According to the envoy of the President of the country Atani Atani Century, collapsed in the cabin of the aircraft was 18.

"in the cabin of the An-12 which crashed in South Sudan, there were 12 passengers, 6 crew members, including Five Armenians and one Russian citizen," said Atani, adding that All 12 passengers were Sudanese.

"3 survivors In a plane crash in South Sudan - the people of South Sudan," added Ateni.

It is possible that lost his life not Only members of the crew and passengers of the An-12, but the citizens that were in the time of catastrophe on earth. According to witnesses at the crash site and have the opportunity to be " more than 40 bodies."


Immediately after the disaster there was conflicting evidence On the nationality of members of crew of the lost plane. The residence of the Russian Ambassador to Uganda, in the area of responsibility which includes South Sudan, Until has no exact information about the fact whether there were in the cabin citizens of Russia.

"Verifying the details. As long as nothing specifically to say to you, " he said by phone Last news the press-Secretary of Embassy Radmir Gainanov.

"We are Investigating now, the people of which country were in the cabin of this aircraft ", - noted the diplomat.

He has supplemented his words by the fact that the residence of the Ambassador "in full force" in the process of collecting details of the crash." Continue to liaise with the administration of the President of South Sudan, transport authorities, among them the civil aviation authority, the commissioners of the General staff and the defense Ministry. Received extremely contradictory information, " He said.


Colleagues of Russian diplomats from the Embassy of Ukraine in Kenya, for its part, was confident that the Crew was Russian.

"You know, because it was a private plane, Russian production. Cargo aircraft carried out the order on the transport for some of the oil organizations, which, while unknown, we Find out. The cabin was, on inaccurate data, twelve. Five of them are people of Russian nationality seven other passengers, it appears. As He fell During takeoff, He raised up a Little, flew and fell, lost the lives of 41 people, this is exactly determined, " said Fins news the third Secretary on consular issues of the Embassy of Ukraine in Kenya Alexander Kalinchuk.


A little later it turned out that the victim of the An-12 belonged to the organization Allied Services Limited, based in the capital city of South Sudan.

As can be seen from the organization's page, She is engaged in cargo transportation in the field and has at least 2 aircraft An-12. The photos of the horses posted on the page of the organization on October 14, their hull numbers - EY-EY and 406-409.

The carrier comments are not wanted." We don't know. We don't have any details, contact the civil aviation authority. Only they are authorized to give explanations, " - said Last news by phone authorized organizations.


Russian aviation authorities, for their part, said that the crashed plane was not registered in the Russian Federation.

"the Federal air transport Agency registry of the aircraft not listed. The civilian crew, " said Fins news the adviser of the Minister of transport of the Russian Federation Zhanna Terekhova.

She added that Details are being investigated.


Versions about the reasons while early to speak, but the media claim that the disaster could lead to technical malfunction.

for example, South Sudan Tribune citing the civil aviation authority of South Sudan (CAA) informs that the cause of the accident An-12 could be overloading the plane or a technical problem.




the journal emphasizes that this verdict was made by the CAA experts working at the crash site.

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