Somalia plane crash: Plane flips over at Mogadishu airport

 A plane crashed and flipped over on landing at the airport in Somalia's capital, but there were no fatalities among the 36 people on board. Dramatic footage shot near the airport in Mogadishu shows thick black smoke rising above the crash site. The plane crashed and flipped over as it approached the airport in Somalia's capital, but none of the 36 people on board were killed.

 

Thick black smoke rises above the crash site in dramatic footage shot near Mogadishu's airport.

Firefighters extinguished the flames, and photographs taken at the scene show the plane, a Fokker 50, upside down. It belonged to Jubba Airways and was a domestic flight from Baidoa to the capital. According to airport officials, who were quoted by state media, all passengers and crew were rescued.

Jubba Airways said in a brief statement that it would release more information about the incident.

Authorities said a turboprop plane carrying 36 passengers and crew flipped on its back and caught fire after crash-landing Monday at Mogadishu's main airport.

As firefighters battled the blaze, images from the scene showed towers of black smoke billowing from the aircraft and into the sky. The plane, a Fokker-50 operated by Somalia's domestic carrier, Jubba Airways, was also strewn across the runway. According to a brief statement from Jubba Airways, the plane was flying from the inland city of Baidoa to Mogadishu in the Indian Ocean when it crashed around 11:30 a.m.

"We applaud the quick action of the Somalia fire brigade at the Adan Adde International Airport in rescuing and saving lives," said a spokesman for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, an eight-country trade bloc that includes Somalia. Passengers on a propeller plane were forced to flee after the plane attempted a crash landing and then flipped upside down at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport. Thirty passengers were able to flee the Jubba Airways Fokker 50 before it caught fire. Thick black smoke billowed across the runway as emergency crews arrived to put out the fire.

Firefighters doused the flames and pictures from the scene show the plane, a Fokker 50, upside down. It belonged to Jubba Airways and it was an internal flight from the city of Baidoa to the capital. The incident occurred at Somalia's Aden Adde international airport in Mogadishu. The crew and the approximately 30 passengers on board escaped.

The Fokker 50 is a twin-engined passenger plane produced by the Dutch company of the same name in the 1980s. After experiencing financial difficulties, the company ceased production of the aircraft in 1997. After two tourists are injured, Luxor suspends hot-air balloon rides.According to the aviation website Planespotters.net, Jubba Airways operated two Fokker 50s, both purchased more than three decades ago. Passengers and crew successfully disembarked the plane, which was arriving on a domestic flight from the inland city of Baidoa, according to airport officials.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or reasons given for the crash.

The passengers and the crew were all rescued, according to the airport authorities, who were quoted by state media.

The cause of the crash is not yet clear.