Part 112: South Sudan

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This plane crash takes us to the African country of South Sudan, which is located next to the following countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan.

WARNINGS OF A PLANE SHOOT DOWN AND A PLANE CRASH.

A/N: It's been a hot minute since we had a short chapter.

 Pictured above is a similar type of missile that was involved in this shoot down

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Pictured above is a similar type of missile that was involved in this shoot down.

On the 16th of August 1986, a Sudan Airways Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M, registered as Sierra Tango- Alpha Delta Yankee (ST-ADY), was performing a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Malakal Airpot (IATA: MAK, ICAO: HJMK), Malakal,  South Sudan to Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSK), Khartoum, Sudan, when the plane was shot down by the SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) militants, all 60 people on board the plane were killed, as of May 2014 the shoot down remained the deadliest incident involving a Fokker F-27 and it's the deadliest aviation incident in South Sudan.

Shortly after takeoff from Malakal Airport, the aircraft was brought down by a Soviet made Strela 2 Surface to air missile, which was fired by a Shilluk contingent of the SPLA, according to contemporary press reports, the missile was captured from the Sudanese army.

The summary of the crash was Shot down by SPLA militants.

    

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