South Sudan denies death of presidential security personnel in plan crash
By Ngor Arol Garang
December 22, 2009 (KHARTOUM) –The government of Southern Sudan today denied the death of any Presidential security personnel in a plane crash blaming media for exaggeration and called for calm in the area.
Speaking from Juba, an official from presidential security personnel office, who declined to be named, said on Saturday December 19, 2009 a plane carrying GOSS presidential security personnel lost control as it was trying to land at Tonj air field killing an innocent woman on the ground at the peripheral of the strip.
“No one on the ground or among the passengers was injured,” he adds.
Sudanese media including the official TV have reported that 48 people died when their aircraft crash-landed at Tonj Airport, Warrap State, southern Sudan. The reports said all the victims were members of the advanced team of security of First Vice-President and President of Government of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit who planned to visit the state.
“Whenever I heard plane crash, it reminds me of the tragic crash which robbed South Sudan of her charismatic and visionary leader Dr. John Garang on Saturday July 30th in 2005, said Alier Bior, a Southern Student at Juba University campus in Khartoum.
It also reminds me of the similar incident in which first South Sudan SPLA affairs minister, General Dominic Diim with his wife Josephine along GOSS presidential Advisor on Decentralization, Dr. Justin Yac Arop, among other passengers and crew members was killed, he adds.
Paul Mayom Akech, minister of information and broadcasting service in the government of Southern Sudan also dismissed the incident involving death of any member of presidential security personnel but regretted the killing of an innocent woman.
He said “the crash did not kill anybody but it was unfortunate that an innocent resident of the area could not escape the crash at the peripheries of the air strip.”
The minister said a joint committee from southern Sudan government and civil aviation will probe the cause of the incident.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
South Sudan denies death of presidential security personnel in plan crash
I told Government of Sick services to stop using old aircraft yet some idiots consider me as a tribalist, now who is tasting the bitter and carrying the sorrow? sorry for supporting this government who fail to improve the facilities and insecurity problems. Now is anyone going to blame Khartoum or NCP? because always every single issue you all turn your eyes on wrong side and failing to identify the real virus. Government of Sick Services GOSS is now our number one killer. We are losing lives behind insecurity and poor improvement on other facilities such as roads, aircraft and etc. Time is up to realise the mistakes.
The Best Generation
South Sudan denies death of presidential security personnel in plan crash
No, is this the CPA? Why all these sufferings? Had we knew it would take away the lives of our most influential leader(s),we would not have signed in the first place.Permit me to say this,we wouldn’t have reached 2010 with Basher on the throne,with blood tainted hads,waving to people always in pretending to be free from terrorism.
The was almost in our hand,when this peace was signed. but let every body bear in mind that we have gain more momentum than ever before. Any talaban way of killing people in this country will be tolerated any more.
Dinka Boy
South Sudan denies death of presidential security personnel in plan crash
May God rest the soul of innocent woman who was killed by the plane.
Mr Fake Famious_logic_boy, why are you dancing when you heard the death of Southeners.
The death is not new to Sudanese mr fake Famiou_boy.
Thanks
black-hope
South Sudan denies death of presidential security personnel in plan crash
This coward Madi Logic boys,why do you always act mechnically to call GOSS agovernment of sickservices.I though you will reform but your words are worse than achild words. Do you need Goss to distribute money like foods you were recieving in Uganda refugees camp?it will never happen brother since we donot have plantation of money.You hate dinkas for nothing even the dead will judge you wrong.thank, the hungry dog always back but never achieve food to eat and will never harm the gent creature.