[durt]

On March 20, 2017, a South Sudan Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 aircraft was destroyed by fire after landing at Wau Airport in South Sudan. The plane was on a domestic flight from Juba Airport with 40 passengers and 5 crew members on board. Upon landing, the aircraft experienced an in-flight fire. Eyewitness reports indicated smoke coming from the tail as the plane landed. The left landing gear collapsed, leading to the aircraft being engulfed in flames. Remarkably, all 45 occupants survived, although 37 passengers sustained various degrees of injuries. The exact cause of the fire remains under investigation.

[kellyhound]

Miracle so many escaped from that inferno.
News from other news source:

A passenger plane crash-landed and burned in Wau, northwestern South Sudan on Monday, but all 49 passengers and crew survived, an airport official.

The plane was landing but then crashed, said Wau's Acting Airport Manager Stephen Youngule.

"The plane touched down and then jumped up again. The pilot couldn't control it," said Youngule, who is also Deputy Director of Air Traffic Services. "I saw it until the very last moment before the fire engulfed the aircraft."

When the plane crashed, its door flew open, which allowed the pilot and rescue crews to get everybody out, he said. Those with injuries were taken to Wau's hospital for treatment, said Youngule.

The plane, an Antonov 26, carried 44 passengers and had five crew members, said Youngule.

On social media, images appeared of the plane with smoke billowing from the wrecked fuselage.

U.N. peacekeepers worked with local emergency workers to evacuate passengers from the plane, according to David Shearer, head of the U.N. mission in South Sudan. Peacekeepers from Bangladesh, Nepal and China helped in the emergency work, he said.

The plane was from South Supreme Airlines, a South Sudanese carrier. It was making a trip from Juba to Wau, in northwestern South Sudan when it crashed.

Most of the passengers were South Sudanese with two foreigners, one each from China and Eritrea.

[kellyhound]

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[FunkPumpkin]

That's a damn miracle that everybody survived and escaped. Wow.

[Broadjumper]

Shitty Russian aircraft flown by shittier pilots