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A cargo plane crashed in South Sudan's capital Juba, airport director Kur Kuol told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
"Five people, including pilot and crew members, lost their lives", Kuol said, adding that there were two Russian nationals among those killed.
The Antonov charter plane crashed shortly after taking off from Juba International Airport. It was heading to Greater Maban, a county in the country's north, the report added.
Several Twitter accounts posted photos, believed to have been taken at the site of the catastrophe.
Comment: It remains to be seen whether this is just an accident, whether its related to the recent coup in the country, or whether this is yet another aircraft crash to add the increasing number occurring across the planet in recent years: