The passenger didn’t die inside the plane

Misleading post!

The passenger did not die inside the plane as stated by some online media houses. 

Various online media houses and personnel on Friday misreported a story where a passenger that came from Khartoum, Sudan passed on at Juba International after shortly after arriving.

They alleged that the passenger died inside BDR airplane, a statement Juba International Airport authorities condemned, saying the old woman fell as she was climbing down from the stairs of the plane. 

“The female passenger who came from Sudan fell down as she was coming from the stairs of the BDR plan with her daughter. After the incident, we immediately lost her” Kur Kuol, Juba International Airport director told 211 on Friday.  

Kuol added that the cause of the death is yet to be known, “the rumors that she died of Covid-19 cant be determined as true now, but doctors are the right people that will tell us the reason behind her death”.  

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