Plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed

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By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan's capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said. 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.

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