The plane carrying 21 people, including crew members, crashed while departing from South Sudan's Unity Oil Field, killing 18 people and leaving three others in "critical condition," Radio Miraya reported, according to Anadolu Agency.
It added the pilot and co-pilot were among the dead.
Earlier, Gatwech Bipal, information and communication minister of Unity State, had said the aircraft carried 20 people and crashed soon after taking off from an airport in the region.
The aircraft was scheduled to travel to the capital Juba.
Bipal, however, later said the aircraft carried 21 people of whom three had survived.
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