Plane crash lands and flips over before bursting into flames

A passenger aircraft traveling from Baidoa Airport (BIB/HCMB), Somalia to Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ/HCMM), Somalia, carrying 36 people, crashed before flipping over on its roof and bursting into flames on the airports runway with emergency services stunned to find there were no casualties.

Amazing video from the scene shows the plane spread-eagled and upside down after having flipped over on landing. Black smoke and flames can be seen billowing into the air as fire trucks approached the runway to douse the inferno.

The Fokker-50 aircraft operated by Somalia’s domestic carrier, Jubba Airways, was arriving in the capital from the inland city of Baidoa and crashed around 11.30am, according to a statement from Jubba Airways. Luckily all passengers survived the fire and no one was injured, it has been reported.

“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 told local media.

As of yet, the cause of the crash isn't clear but Jubba Airways acknowledged the situation and said that it would release more information about what happened "as it becomes available".

In 2020, three crew members were injured when a cargo plane crashed at the international airport also in Somalia's capital.

That same year in July, a cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid crashed in Beledweyne in central Somalia.

And in May 2020, six people were tragically killed when a Kenyan plane with African Express crashed on approach to Bardale in Somalia.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Jubba Airlines

Code: 3O/JUB

Aircraft: Fokker 50

Registration: 5y-JXN

Serial Number: 20239

Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B

First Flew: 21/01/1992

Age: 30 Yrs 5 Mts

Additional Aircraft Information:
Delivery Date          Airline                           Registration

23/04/1992          Lufthansa Cityline                D-AFKW  

21/04/1995          SAS Scandinavian Airlines  D-AFKW 

08/05/1995          Fokker                                  PH-JXN 

12/06/1995          Air Nostrum                         EC-GFP 

25/10/2002          Air Nostrum                         PH-JXN 

26/05/2005          Denim Air                            PH-JXN 

15/05/2009          Petro Air                              PH-JXN 

17/07/2009          Denim Air                            PH-JXN 

22/07/2009          Athens Airways                   PH-JXN Lsd from Denim Air

11/08/2009          Denim Air                            PH-JXN 

05/05/2014          Vizion Air                            PH-JXN Lsd from Denim Air
19/01/2016          Denim Air                            PH-JXN 

31/05/2016          Jubba Airlines                      5Y-JXN Lsd from Mass Holding