17 people are dead after a small aircraft crashed into a lake in South Sudan

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• An aircraft carrying 22 people crashed in Yirol, South Sudan, on Sunday.
• At least 17 people have died, the country's information minister confirmed.
• Two people are still missing. Three children were on the plane.
• One of the survivors, an Italian doctor working with an NGO, is in critical condition.

JUBA (Reuters) - At least 17 people died in South Sudan on Sunday when a small aircraft carrying passengers from Juba International Airport to the city of Yirol crashed, State information Minister Taban Abel told Reuters.

"The plane crashed and killed 17 people and we have three survivors," Abel told Reuters by phone from Yirol. The plane carried a total of 22 people and two were still missing.

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