VIDEO: Passenger plane crashes in Somalia - GulfToday

VIDEO: Passenger plane crashes in Somalia

  • 18 Jul 2022
Somalia-Crash

Smoke billows from the crash site in Mogadishu.

A passenger plane has crashed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu with the 30 people on board safely evacuated.

Airport authorities said passengers and crew have disembarked from the Jubba Airways-operated plane, which was arriving on a domestic flight from the inland city of Baidoa. There was no immediate report of any injuries or reasons given for the cause of the crash.

The plane crash-landed outside Mogadishu's international airport and then caught fire. Pictures from the scene posted on social media showed black smoke billowing from the wreckage.

Associated Press

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