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Plane With Over 40 People Onboard Crash Lands In Military Base, No Casualties

A plane carrying over 40 passengers crash-landed into a military base in the Gedo region of Somalia on Wednesday, officials said.

Officials said the passengers were evacuated safely after a Skyward flight from Nairobi crash-landed at Burahache military camp, Elwak, Gedo region in Somalia, about 15 km from the Somalia-Kenya border, Xinhua news agency reported.

Plane With Over 40 People On-board Crash Lands In Military Base, No Casualties
Wreckage of Skyward flight from Nairobi crash-landed at Burahache military camp, Elwak, Gedo region in Somalia, near the border with Kenya, on July 21, 2021. Photo credit: Xinhua

“No one was hurt in the incident,” said a local official who declined to be identified.

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The plane was said to have left Wilson Airport of Nairobi, capital of Kenya, and was destined for Mandera in northeast Kenya on Wednesday morning when the incident happened.

Pictures and videos that have surfaced online show the aircraft plunged into the ground. Survivors said they sustained minor injuries after the plane landed on its landing gear within the military camp, partially damaging it.

Sources blamed the incident on a mechanical problem but added aviation experts would be flown to the scene to carry out investigations.

The Gedo area is under the control of the Somali National Army (SNA) although the militant group, Al-Shabab, occasionally stages sporadic attacks in the region. Skyward officials in Nairobi promised to issue a statement after getting more information on the incident.

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