Passenger plane flips over and bursts into flames in Somalia

The plane's 36 passengers and crew were rescued from the wreckage. A video taken from the scene showed the plane - a Fokker-50 operated by Somalia's domestic airline Jubba Airways, upside down after it apparently flipped over during the pilot's attempt to land at Adan Adde International Airport.

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Black smoke was scene billowing over the city as firefighters tried to contain the fire.

"We applaud the quick action of the Somalia fire brigade at the Adan Adde International Airport for their quick action in rescuing and saving lives," a spokesman for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development said.

The plane en route to Mogadishu, from the city of Baidoa, Somalia, and crashed at around 11.30am.

Addan Abbe Airport is situated in an area known as the 'Green Zone' which harbours Western embassies, such the US mission as well as US-trained Somali commando sqauds.

Another Fokker-50 aircraft crashed at the airport in 2020 when it collided into a wall at the airport. All four occupants escaped the collision.

Dutch aerospace firm Fokker Services services and repairs the Fokker-50 planes manufactured by its Dutch predecessor company.