A cargo plane transporting money for the UN’s World Food Programme has crashed near the South Sudanese capital, Juba, killing seven of the eight people on board, the authorities say.

Four of the dead from Saturday morning’s crash were South Sudanese and the three others were Russian crew members.

The survivor is being treated in hospital.

The crash happened shortly after take off from Juba International Airport.

The plane, an Antonov 36 was chartered by Opportunity Bank to carry salaries for WFP staff in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr El-Ghazal state.

“I have been told the figure was $35,000 (£26,700). This is the money lost as the plane crashed and burnt to ashes,” Madut Biar Yel, South Sudan’s Transport Minister, told the BBC’s Nichola Mandil in Juba.

A committee has been set up to investigate the incident, he added.

Source: BBC