The residents of Al-Geneina city, participated in funeral of the military plane’s victims, alongside the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Muhammad Hamdan Hamidati, and Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Hamdouk.
The armed forces chief of staff, Lieutenant General Mohamed Othman Al-Hussein, said that the army has lost its best sons and forces in the plane crash. “This incident is considered an affliction and Act of God for the army and the other regular forces. He added
The military aircraft crashed on Thursday shortly after take-off from the martyr Sabira Airport, killing all 16 people on board, 7 of whom were officers in the armed forces, three judges, two children, two women and two others.