JUBA, South Sudan — A thirteen-month-old baby and a man were the only survivors of a cargo plane that crashed soon after taking off from a South Sudan airport, killing 37 people, a witness and relatives said Thursday.
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Stephen Warikozi, who heads South Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority, said the plane was not authorized to carry passengers.
He told The Associated Press that the captain of the Antonov AN-12 informed the control tower at Juba International Airport before taking off Wednesday that he had 12 passengers and six crew members. There were believed to be even more people aboard the flight than those cited by the captain.
Achol Deng, a presenter for the South Sudanese State television who was among the first on the scene of the wreckage, said she found the surviving infant near the wreckage lying on the chest of an unconscious man also injured in the crash. Deng said she and others helped bring the baby to a hospital for care.
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