Gunman hijacks aid plane in South Sudan, demands flight to Chad

A gunman hijacked a small aid plane in South Sudan on Tuesday and forced the pilot to fly for several hours before the aircraft landed safely in the northern town of Wau, police said. The suspect was arrested on the runway, and no injuries were reported.

The Cessna Grand Caravan, operated by the U.S.-based Christian relief organisation Samaritan’s Purse, had taken off from Juba with medical supplies bound for Maiwut in the country’s…