Dozens feared dead after plane crash in South Sudan

A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital Juba, killing dozens of people, witnesses said.

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.