2025 Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash

On 29 January 2025, a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Eagle Air on behalf of Light Air Services crashed in Unity State, located in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. The aircraft was flying from GPOC Unity Airstrip to Juba International Airport when it crashed shortly after takeoff. The crash killed 20 out of 21 on board. The aircraft was transporting oil workers to the South Sudanese capital Juba.

The National Minister of Transport said its air crash investigation department will retrieve the flight recorder from the wreckage of the crash and send it to the United States for further analysis.

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