A Ugandan navy helicopter with eight folks on board has crashed on the fundamental worldwide airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, an aviation official has advised the BBC.
The state-run information company reported {that a} fireplace broke out after the helicopter crashed on the Aden Adde Worldwide Airport, but it surely had been rapidly contained by the emergency companies. Video footage confirmed plumes of smoke rising from the airport.
“We heard the blast and noticed smoke and flames over a helicopter. The smoke fully lined the helicopter,” Farah Abdulle, one of many airport workers, advised Reuters information company.
The reason for the crash and casualty figures are unclear.
The pinnacle of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority, Ahmed Maalim, advised the BBC that the helicopter had come down within the airport’s navy part after flying in from the Balidogle airbase within the Decrease Shabelle area, about 90km (56 miles) north-west of Mogadishu.
He stated that an investigation was below approach to set up the reason for the crash.
Ugandan troops are a part of an 11,000-strong African Union (AU) pressure serving to the federal government struggle the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group, which has been waging a brutal insurgency in Somalia for greater than 20 years.
The crash delayed the departure of a Turkish Airways passenger aircraft, however home flights continued to function usually.
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