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Military plane bursts into flames at Mogadishu airport
An AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire at the site of an airplane crash in this picture provided by AU UN IST Photo in Mogadishu, Somalia, August 9, 2013. REUTERS-AU UN IST PHOTO- Tobin Jones-Handout via Reuters
(Reuters) – An Ethiopian military aircraft carrying ammunition crash-landed at Mogadishu’s international airport on Friday, bursting into flames and killing four of the six crew members.
The Soviet-made Antonov 24 plane got into trouble in the air and then missed the runway, hurtling into the ground shortly after 0400 GMT and setting off the ammunition.
Ethiopian troops are supporting Somalia’s fight against al Qaeda-linked militants in the Horn of Africa country, although they are not part of an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. There was no immediate comment from Ethiopia’s foreign ministry.
“We can hear explosions as it burns. It is burning like hell,” said one security source at the airport. After the fire was put out, only a blackened shell of the plane remained.
The AU peacekeeping force, known as AMISOM, said in a statement four crew members were killed and two were in hospital.
It was unclear what ammunition the plane was carrying and where it was headed. A convoy of empty Somali military trucks had earlier been seen at the airport.
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