 NAIROBI/KHARTOUM - A plane crash which killed a minister and other politicians in southern Sudan Friday was caused by a technical fault, southern Sudanese President Salva Kir said Saturday.
| I guess when you come right down to it, all plane crashes are caused by technical faults. And everybody on board ultimately died of heart failure. |
'Two engines failed and there was nothing the pilot could do,' Kir told the BBC.
| There's a real vote of confidence. Must have been insh'allan maintanence. The rest of you ministers, it's okay to board the next flight. After all, how likely is it that an engine will fail again? |
Defence Minister Dominic Dim Deng had been flying with a military delegation to the regional capital, Juba. Presidential adviser Justin Yak was also killed. The Beechcraft 1900 of South Sudan Air Connection had been flying from Wau to Juba when the pilot sought permission for an emergency landing in Rumbek after reporting engine trouble. All 23 people on board were killed. Earlier reports that 26 were aboard were revised. |