UNMISS launches search and rescue mission following helicopter crash in Unity state

26 Aug 2014

UNMISS launches search and rescue mission following helicopter crash in Unity state

Juba, 26 August 2014 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan confirms that one of its MI-8 helicopters has crashed about 10 km south of Bentiu in Unity State. The Mission lost contact with the helicopter, which was on a routine cargo flight from Wau to Bentiu, at 14.28 hours today.