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10 People Feared Dead in South Sudan Commercial Plane Crash

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   ASouthSudan Supreme Airlines plane crashed just after takeoff late
   Tuesday afternoon in South Sudan, killing all 10 people on board,
   according to media reports.

   Initial reports indicate the plane carrying eight passengers and atwo
   membercrew, went down after leaving the small village of Pieri.

   The plane was bound for the Juba International Airport, where an
   airportofficialthereconfirmedthe accident.

   The exact cause of the crash is being investigated.

   South Supreme Airlines, which is one of South Sudan's primary air
   carriers, suffered another plane crash in 2017, when one of its jets
   caught fire and made a crashlanding atWauAirport in South Sudan on a
   flight from Juba.

   Dozens of people were injured in thecrashbut no one died.

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