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| Date: | Wednesday 29 January 2025 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900D |
| Owner/operator: | Light Air Services, lsf Eagle Air |
| Registration: | 5X-RHB |
| MSN: | UE-429 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | PWC PT6A-67D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | GPOC Unity Airstrip -
 South Sudan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | GPOC Unity Airstrip |
| Juba Airport (JUB/HJJJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Beech 1900D carrying oil workers crashed under unknown circumstances while on a flight from the Unity oilfield to Juba in South Sudan. There are said to be twenty fatalities. One occupant survived the crash. The airplane was destroyed. Apparently the airplane crashed upon takeoff at Unity oilfield airport.
Sources:
https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-at-least-19-killed-in-plane-crash
https://www.eyeradio.org/19-reportedly-killed-in-plane-crash-in-unity-oilfield/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/plane-crash-south-sudans-unity-state-kills-18-uns-radio-miraya-reports-2025-01-29/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2025 11:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-Jan-2025 11:48 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 11:50 | ASN | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 11:52 | ASN | Updated |
| 29-Jan-2025 11:57 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 12:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 13:12 | ASN | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 13:20 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Category, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 19:12 | ASN | Updated |
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