Dozens feared dead after plane crash in South Sudan

An official said three people on board survived.
The precise death toll was not immediately clear after the Antonov-12 B plane turbo prop plane crashed soon after take off, leaving chunks of wreckage, bodies and cargo strewn along a bank of the White Nile River.
The Civil Aviation Authority said the number of dead was still being counted.
A police officer, who did not give his name, also put the death toll at 41. Another witness counted at least 32 killed.
Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said the plane was carrying 18 people, including the six foreign crew, according to official documents. He said 15 of them died and three South Sudanese nationals survived, including a child.
“This is the number given to us by the (control) tower,” he told Reuters in reference to those on board. Asked about figures suggesting a higher toll, he said it could be people killed on the ground but said he had no indication about any such deaths.
Officials said the plane belonged to freight and logistics firm Allied Services Ltd. Officials at the company could not immediately be reached for comment.
“We have rushed to the site of crash which is located near the airport, southeast of Juba International Airport (across) the river,” said the chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority at Juba airport, Stephen Warikozi.
“We have secured the site of crash and also we are in the stage of recovering bodies and black box,” he said.