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Passenger Plane Crashes In Somalia, 30 People On Board Safely Evacuated

By Angel Gimalo
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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.

Smoke billows from a plane that flipped over after a crash landing, in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 18, 2022, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video obtained by Reuters.

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.

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