A passenger plane crashed on landing at Aden Adde Airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu today, Monday, 18th July 2022 at around 11:30 am local time.
The aircraft, a Fokker 50 belonging to Nairobi-based Jubba Airways with registration 5Y-JXN, was carrying 30 people on board including passengers and crew who have since been safely evacuated with nil casualties, according to a statement from the airline.
A dramatic footage shot near the airport shows the aircraft to have flipped over with thick black smoke rising above the crash site.
PHOTOS: A Jubba airline plane crash lands at the Aden Abdulle International Airport in #Mogadishu, #Somalia. State media is reporting that all 30 passengers have been safely evacuated. The plane had left #Baidoa, in the South West State on early Monday. pic.twitter.com/S96ri6YRwq
— Abdulaziz Billow Ali (@AbdulBillowAli) July 18, 2022
Firefighters doused the Flames and pictures from the scene show the plane, a Fokker 50, upside down.
Airport authorities said the plane, 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.
