{"id":186317,"date":"2013-12-19T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/boeing-crashes-on-juba-runway-airport-closed\/"},"modified":"2013-12-19T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:13:00","slug":"boeing-crashes-on-juba-runway-airport-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/boeing-crashes-on-juba-runway-airport-closed","title":{"rendered":"Boeing crashes on Juba runway, airport closed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A commercial passenger jet has crashed on the Juba runway, disrupting commercial and evacuation flights leaving the embattled South Sudanese capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

No serious injuries or deaths were reported from the crash, but observers said the nose wheel appeared to have collapsed.<\/p>\n

Juba Airport has only one runway, and at the moment hundreds of expatriates as well as South Sudanese with foreign passports are waiting in the departure lounge.<\/p>\n

The Boeing 737 was on its way from from Khartoum. It was not immediately clear what airline it was from but it appeared to be a commercial passenger jet.<\/p>\n

An airline operations officer speaking to Radio Tamazuj said that the cabin of the aeroplane was intact and there had been no fire, but added that the aircraft now lacks a nose wheel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s stuck on the runway until they can find a way of dragging it off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The airline worker explained that at a larger airport such an accident could be cleared in a matter of hours using specialist equipment, but that in Juba there was no way of telling how long it would take.<\/p>\n

He said that perhaps some way could be improvised to drag the aircraft off the runway using an army tank or heavy equipment borrowed from the UN. <\/p>\n

News photo: Crashed Boeing 737 at Juba Airport, 19 December 2013 (Twitter)<\/em><\/p>\n

Exodus expats South Sudan started after quiet night in Juba<\/a> (18 December 2013)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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