A 14-month-old baby survived Wednesday’s plane crash in South Sudan ’s capital, Juba, is conscious now, said the doctors.
The toddle is being treated at the city’s teaching hospital and is able to recognize her relatives, according to a journalist from Juba’s Eye Radio reports.
Over 36 people died in the plane crash while take off near Juba airport.
The cause of the crash remains unclear but the manufacturer said the cargo plane was not airworthy. It crashed into a farming community on an island on the White Nile, but it is not clear how many of the victims and survivors were passengers and how many were on the ground.
It is not clear if the 14-month old girl is the only survivor. She was one of two people taken alive from the wreckage on Wednesday, the other is reported to have died later.
