Passengers aboard a Somali flight ended up within the Indian Ocean—and walked away. A Starsky Airways Fokker 50 with 50 passengers and 5 crew reported a technical drawback shortly after taking off from Mogadishu on Tuesday and turned again to the capital’s airport, in keeping with Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority. The aircraft landed however could not cease, overshooting the runway and coming to relaxation in shallow water alongside the shoreline close to the airport, the BBC experiences. Images posted on X confirmed passengers climbing out and strolling away from the wreckage; officers say there have been no fatalities or severe accidents
The African Union mission stated United Nations and AU troops have been rapidly despatched to help with rescue efforts, and Somalia’s transport minister visited the scene. Starsky Airways stated it’s relieved all on board are secure and it’s investigating the difficulty that led to the emergency touchdown. “The pilot’s swift and calm decision-making performed a decisive function in making certain the security of everybody on board, and we commend him for a way he dealt with the scenario,” airline spokesman Hassan Mohamed Aden stated. FlightGlobal experiences that the plane, inbuilt 1990 and purchased by Starsky in 2023, suffered severe harm together with a fractured proper wing.
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