Cause of crash that killed Garang unclear – Museveni

YEI, Sudan, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The cause of the helicopter crash that killed Sudanese vice-president John Garang is unclear, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Friday.

“I myself will not rule out anything. It may be an accident, it may be something else. I am looking at all possibilities,” Museveni told mourners in the southern Sudanese town of Yei.

“Either the pilot panicked in spite of the plane having good conditions, or there was this side wind, or the instruments did not work, or there was an external factor,” said Museveni, whose helicopter Garang was flying in when it crashed at the weekend.