Up to 31 people including at least one Sudanese
minister were killed when a plane taking them to an
Islamic festival crashed in the south of the country,
an official and state media said on Sunday.
The plane went down into mountains around Talodi, a
town in the border state of South Kordofan, while
bringing a government delegation there to celebrate
the festival marking the end of the Muslim holy month
of Ramadan, state news agency SUNA said.
SUNA said 26 passengers were killed and that the
dead included ministers but did not name them.
Abdel Hafiz Abdel Rahim, a civil aviation spokesman,
told Reuters that 31 people were killed including the
crew, but had no details about their identities.
Arabic satellite channel Al Arabiya said the plane
was carrying Guidance and Endowments Minister
Khalil Abdalla. Al Jazeera reported two ministers
were on board, but did not name them.
Citing Sudanese authorities, Al Jazeera reported
that security personnel and a media team were also
killed in the crash. The report did not say whether the
plane involved belonged to the state-owned Sudan
Airways or another carrier.
There have been several crashes in recent years
involving Sudan Airways, which has been worn down by
years of U.S. sanctions and other issues.
A Sudan Airways cargo plane crashed when it was
taking off in the United Arab Emirates in 2009 and
another cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off
from Khartoum in 2008.
Oil-producing South Kordofan borders South Sudan,
which seceded over a year ago. The border state has
been the site of an insurgency since shortly before
South Sudan's independence.
Sudan's government accused rebels of killing a state
official and seven other people there in July. A
spokesman for the main rebel group in the area, the
Sudan People's Liberation Movement North, said the
insurgents had nothing to do with the plane crash on
Sunday.
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Am not a religious person or sort, but isn't this one of T.B joshua's predict, like few months a go or is it weeks that, he sees another plane crash but its not for the poor, but for government official and he said something like they will be going for a conference or so. By the way just passing by...