A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan's Unity State crashed on takeoff from its oilfield airport on Wednesday, killing 20 people, the region's information minister said.

KABUL (Pajhwok): An aircraft carrying oil workers in south Sudan’s Unity State has crashed, killing 20 people, a media report said on Thursday. En route to the capital Juba, the ill-fated plane crashed at the Unity oilfield airport on Wednesday, CNN quoted the state information minister as saying.

South Sudan, a nation affected by conflict, has experienced multiple air disasters in recent years. In September 2018, a small plane traveling from the capital, Juba, to Yirol crashed, resulting in at least 19 fatalities.