20 individuals were killed in a plane accident in South Sudan, according to an official

According to an official, 20 persons were killed when a tiny plane transporting oil workers in Unity State, South Sudan, crashed on Wednesday.

Gatwech Bipal, the information minister for Unity State, said the jet crashed Wednesday morning at the Unity oilfield airfield when it was its route to the capital, Juba.

According to Bipal, the passengers were employees of the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC), a joint venture between the state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation and China National Petroleum Corporation.

Two Chinese and one Indian were among the deceased, he added.

Bipal did not elaborate on the events leading up to the collision. Bipal told Reuters that two survivors had now passed away, despite media reports initially placing the death toll at 18. Only one individual made it out alive.

The war-torn country of South Sudan has seen a number of plane mishaps in recent years. A tiny plane bringing passengers from the capital Juba to the city of Yirol crashed in September 2018, killing at least 19 persons.

A Russian-built cargo jet carrying passengers crashed after taking off from the airport in the capital city of Juba in 2015, killing scores of people.