The Anglican Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut Yuang, was one of 20 people killed when a plane carrying them from the South Sudanese capital Juba crashed into a lake as it attempted to land at Yirol Airport on 9th September 2018.
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Reports say that thick fog around Yirol, in the centre of the country, may have played a part in the accident. Only three of the plane’s passengers: two children and an Italian doctor, survived.
Other victims include a member of the Red Cross in South Sudan. “When it arrived the weather was so foggy and when it tried to land it crashed into Lake Yirol adjacent to Yirol town”, regional government minister Abel Aguek was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying. “The whole town is in shock, the shops are closed, some people have taken their relatives for burial. It is a commercial plane that crashed.”
Local fishermen were first on the scene to rescue survivors and retrieve the bodies of those killed.
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The wreckage of the plane in Lake Yirol, central South Sudan, in which Bishop Simon Adut Yuang was among 20 people killed.
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The wreckage of the plane in Lake Yirol, central South Sudan, in which Bishop Simon Adut Yuang was among 20 people killed.
“Mama Joyce and I are saddened to hear of the plane crash in Yirol this morning, which has claimed the lives of a number of people, including the ECSS Bishop of Yirol, Rt Revd Simon Adut Yuang,” the Primate of South Sudan, Archbishop Justin Badi Arama, said.
Bishop Simon had been Bishop of Yirol for a relatively short time. He succeeded Bishop Daniel Deng Abeil, who died in office in January 2015 as a result of cancer. Bishop Simon was elected in May that year and consecrated and enthroned that July. He leaves behind a wife and six children.
Adapted from ACNS article
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