Plane crashes on takeoff from South Sudan airport - reports, witnesses

Reuters witnesses said the tail fin of the plane and other parts were scattered along the banks of the White Nile River near the airport in Juba, the capital.

A police officer near the scene, who did not give his name, said there were two survivors, including a child, but could not say how many people were on board or give further details.

The aircraft was a cargo plane with five Russian crew and seven passengers, South Sudan Tribune, a local media outlet, said on Twitter. It also said two people survived, one of them a child.

(Reporting by Denis Dumo; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Drazen Jorgic, Larry King)