A military plane carrying Sudanese Judges and Army officials crashed on Thursday, January 2, 2020, shortly after taking off from an airport in Sudan’s West Darfur.
Though what caused the plane crash is still not known, an official at el-Geneina airport said there were about 18 people on board and they were all killed in the plane crash.
Army spokesman Amer Mohammed al-Hassan who confirmed the incident said that among the victims were seven crew members, three judges and eight civilians, four of whom were children.