A small passenger plane veered off the runway on arrival Tuesday at the international airport in Mogadishu, according to state media.
The Halla Airlines aircraft “crash-landed” at the Aden Abdulle International Airport at 12:23 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to a Somali Civil Aviation Authority statement posted by Somali National Television.
Of the 34 people on board, including the crew, only two sustained minor injuries, while others were safely rescued.
Witnesses say an explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in the plane, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu’s international airport.
The pilot said he thought it was a bomb.
Images and videos shared on social media show the Halla Airlines plane skidding on the runway before hitting a fenced concrete wall, detaching the cockpit, and sending debris flying.
The civil aviation authority did not state what caused the accident.
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