Responders pick through the wreckage of a cargo plane which crashed in the capital Juba, South Sudan Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The cargo plane was taking off from the South Sudanese capital of Juba when it crashed along the banks of the Nile River, killing dozens according to witnesses and the government. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)

(Bloomberg) — An Antonov cargo plane crashed in the Nile River shortly after take off in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, killing at least 30 people on board and on the ground.

Two passengers, including a child and a crew member, survived, presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said by phone Wednesday from Juba. The aircraft killed an unknown number of fishermen, Ateny said. The South Sudan Red Cross expects the death toll to rise.

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