The aircraft was on a routine scheduled charter flight from GPOC Unity Airstrip to Juba International Airport when it crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 20 out of 21 on board.

[1] The aircraft involved was a 23-year-old twin engined turboprop Beechcraft 1900D originally registered as N60069 before being delivered to New Zealand's Eagle Airways as ZK-EAF in 2002.

The sole survivor of the crash was identified as South Sudanese engineer Emmanuel Maker, who was taken to the state hospital in Bentiu in critical condition.

[9] Saleh Akot, the director of Juba International Airport, said that the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority deployed a team to the crash site to start the investigation.

[11] Ter Manyang Gatwech, head of the Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA), alleged that the accident was caused by the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority's poor enforcement of safety standards, allowing aging and outdated aircraft to fly in South Sudan.