The crew of the plane, a Fokker 50, reported a problem 15 minutes after takeoff from Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport on Tuesday morning and requested to return to the airport, according to Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Ahmed Macalin Hassan, the CAA director, said the pilot then tried to touch down but failed to stop on the runway. The plane overshot the tarmac before coming to rest in shallow water near the shoreline.
The Starsky Aviation aircraft with 55 passengers on board was bound for the northern city of Gaalkacyo.
Pictures posted on social media from the scene showed passengers walking away from the wreckage of the plane. Starsky Aviation chief executive Ahmed Nur said “the aircraft overran on the runway” before the pilot crash-landed on the shoreline near the international airport.
He added: “No injuries, no deaths.”
Aircraft Information:
Airline: Starsky Aviation
Aircraft: Fokker 50
Registration: 6O-YAS
Serial Number: 20177
Engines: 2 x PWC PW125B
First Flew: 9th February 1990
Age: 36 Years
Airline: Starsky Aviation
Aircraft: Fokker 50
Registration: 6O-YAS
Serial Number: 20177
Engines: 2 x PWC PW125B
First Flew: 9th February 1990
Age: 36 Years
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