Plane crashes in South Sudan

74 crashes in South Sudan since 1986, with 340 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 74
• Fatal crashes: 27
• Fatalities: 340
• First recorded: April 4, 1986
• Most recent: April 27, 2026

Deadliest

1. August 16, 1986: Fokker F27 Friendship, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (60 fatalities)
2. November 4, 2015: Antonov AN-12, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (41 fatalities)
3. February 12, 1998: Antonov AN-32, Nasir, Upper Nile, South Sudan (27 fatalities)
4. May 2, 2008: Beechcraft 1900C, Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan (21 fatalities)
5. January 29, 2025: Beechcraft 1900D, GPOC Unity, Unity, South Sudan (20 fatalities)

Manufacturers

• Antonov (20)
• Cessna (14)
• Let (10)
• Avro (5)
• Fokker (5)
• Hawker Siddeley (5)
• Lockheed (4)
• De Havilland (3)
• Beechcraft (2)
• Boeing (2)
• Britten-Norman (1)
• Dornier (1)

Aircraft

• Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (12)
• Let L-410 (10)
• Antonov AN-26 (9)
• Antonov AN-12 (5)
• Avro 748 (5)
• Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1 (5)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules (4)
• Antonov AN-24 (3)
• Fokker 50 (3)
• Antonov AN-32 (2)
• Cessna 404 Titan (2)
• De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo (2)

Years

• 2003 (7)
• 2012 (6)
• 2024 (6)
• 1987 (3)
• 2006 (3)
• 2008 (3)
• 2015 (3)
• 2017 (3)
• 2018 (3)
• 2020 (3)
• 2023 (3)
• 1986 (2)

All crashes

• April 27, 2026: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (14 fatalities)
• November 25, 2025: Let L-410, Leer, Unity, South Sudan (3 fatalities)
• January 29, 2025: Beechcraft 1900D, GPOC Unity, Unity, South Sudan (20 fatalities)
• August 19, 2024: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Mandeng, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• August 9, 2024: De Havilland DHC-8-300 (Dash-8), Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• August 8, 2024: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Pieri, Jonglei, South Sudan (3 fatalities)
• March 31, 2024: Boeing 727-200, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• March 19, 2024: Antonov AN-26, Yida, Unity, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 9, 2024: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• July 17, 2023: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Walgak, Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 6, 2023: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Nasir, Upper Nile, South Sudan (1 fatality)
• January 27, 2023: Let L-410, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 2, 2021: Antonov AN-26, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (5 fatalities)
• March 2, 2021: Let L-410, Pieri, Jonglei, South Sudan (10 fatalities)
• October 10, 2020: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Mundri, Western Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• August 22, 2020: Antonov AN-26, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (9 fatalities)
• August 16, 2020: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Fangak (Old Fangak), Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• October 27, 2019: Let L-410, Bor, Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• September 9, 2018: Let L-410, Yirol, Lakes, South Sudan (20 fatalities)
• April 14, 2018: Antonov AN-74, Akola, Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• January 7, 2018: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Akobo, Jonglei, South Sudan (1 fatality)
• August 28, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Maban, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• April 1, 2017: Let L-410, Yei, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• March 20, 2017: Antonov AN-26, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 14, 2016: Antonov AN-32, Bor, Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 3, 2016: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Akobo, Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 10, 2015: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 2015: Antonov AN-12, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (41 fatalities)
• May 19, 2015: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Mandeng, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 14, 2014: Avro 748, Panyagor, Jonglei, South Sudan (2 fatalities)
• February 17, 2014: Avro 748, Rubkona, Unity, South Sudan (1 fatality)
• April 10, 2013: Antonov AN-26, Doro, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 28, 2013: Let L-410, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 19, 2012: Antonov AN-26, Yida, Unity, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 15, 2012: Fokker 50, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• May 2, 2012: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Yambio, Western Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• April 15, 2012: Fokker F27 Friendship, Yida, Unity, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• April 2, 2012: Avro 748, Doro, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• March 29, 2012: Fokker 50, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 27, 2008: Antonov AN-12, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (7 fatalities)
• May 2, 2008: Beechcraft 1900C, Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan (21 fatalities)
• April 28, 2008: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Doro, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• October 31, 2006: Avro 748, Alek, Warrap, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• March 17, 2006: Avro 748, Fangak (Old Fangak), Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 11, 2006: Antonov AN-26, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (20 fatalities)
• June 30, 2005: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1, Kapoeta, Western Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 15, 2005: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1, Fangak (Old Fangak), Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 26, 2004: Antonov AN-12, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• May 7, 2004: Let L-410, Jiech, Jonglei, South Sudan (6 fatalities)
• November 17, 2003: Antonov AN-12, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (13 fatalities)
• September 24, 2003: Antonov AN-12, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• September 14, 2003: Let L-410, Lankien, Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• August 19, 2003: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Fangak (Old Fangak), Jonglei, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• August 13, 2003: Let L-410, Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• June 16, 2003: Fokker 50, Adar Yeil, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• March 31, 2003: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1, Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• April 4, 2001: Antonov AN-24, Adar Yeil, Upper Nile, South Sudan (14 fatalities)
• August 14, 1999: Boeing 707, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 14, 1999: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1, Foxtrot, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• February 12, 1998: Antonov AN-32, Nasir, Upper Nile, South Sudan (27 fatalities)
• December 31, 1997: Antonov AN-26, Gogrial, Warrap, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• March 20, 1997: Antonov AN-24, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (4 fatalities)
• July 27, 1996: Dornier DO.128 Skyservant, Atar, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• July 26, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• September 2, 1991: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• May 5, 1991: Cessna 404 Titan, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (8 fatalities)
• August 12, 1990: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• January 9, 1990: Antonov AN-24, Kajo Keji, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1989: Britten-Norman Islander, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (4 fatalities)
• July 31, 1987: Fletcher FU-24, El Fau, Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• May 13, 1987: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (5 fatalities)
• May 6, 1987: Cessna 404 Titan, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (14 fatalities)
• August 16, 1986: Fokker F27 Friendship, Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan (60 fatalities)
• April 4, 1986: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Bor, Jonglei, South Sudan (7 fatalities)