Plane capsizes after plane crashes at Mogadishu airport, Somalia

All 36 passengers and crew members survived the accident, the Somali Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement, adding that an investigation is underway into the accident.

The plane was coming from the inland city of Baidoa to Mogadishu on the Indian Ocean and crashed around 11:30 am, he said. brief statement From Juba Airways.

“We commend the swift action of the Somali Fire Brigade at Adan Adde International Airport for their swift action in saving and saving lives,” a spokesperson for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, an eight-nation trade bloc that includes Somalia, told local media. .

The airport is located inside a fortified enclave known as the “Green Zone”, which also houses some Western embassies, including the US mission and US-trained Somali commando units. It was the last plane crash there 2020 When another Fokker-50 skidded off the runway and hit a perimeter wall. The four passengers on the plane survived.

Dutch airline Fokker originally manufactured the Fokker-50 but discontinued production in 1996. The company’s successor, Fokker Services, continues to service and repair Fokker-50s still in use. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.