Plane crash-lands at Somalia airport, all 30 passengers survive

Reuters|Published 2 years ago

Smoke billows from a plane that flipped over after a crash-landing, in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 18, 2022, in this screen grab from a social media video obtained by Reuters.

MOGADISHU - A passenger plane crash-landed at an airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, with no deaths reported and all those on board - more than 30 passengers - rescued.

Video from the scene showed the plane upside down after having apparently flipped over on landing.

Black smoke and flames rose into the air as fire trucks approached on the runway and firefighters started hosing down the crashed plane.

Firefighters spray water on a plane that flipped over after a crash-landing in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 18, 2022, in this screen grab from a social media video obtained by Reuters.

- REUTERS