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UN: Bad weather causes plane to skid off runway in South Sudan

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United Nations' staff board a UN plane in Juba on December 22, 2013. An airplane operated by the United Nations on September 26, 2022 skidded off the airport runway in South Sudan’s Malakal town. PHOTO | IRENE SCOTT | UNMISS via AFP

By  DAVID MAYEN

Juba  

An airplane operated by the United Nations on Monday evening skidded off the airport runway in South Sudan’s Malakal town of Upper Nile State. No injuries were reported.

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