Video: Passenger plane crashes in Somalia, no deaths reported

Plane crash-landed outside Mogadishu’s international airport and then caught fire

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30 people were rescued after a plane crashed in Mogadishu on Monday.
30 people were rescued after a plane crashed in Mogadishu on Monday.
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Mogadishu: A passenger plane has crashed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with 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.

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