A Somali airline has praised one of its pilots after he safely crash-landed a passenger plane on the shoreline near Mogadishu’s international airport, following...
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A Somali airline has praised one of its pilots after he safely crash-landed a passenger plane on the shoreline near Mogadishu’s international airport, following a technical fault, with all 55 people on board surviving.
Starsky Aviation said the pilot’s quick thinking was crucial in saving the lives of the 50 passengers and five crew members.
The aircraft, a Fokker 50, developed a problem shortly after taking off from Mogadishu on Tuesday morning and requested permission to return to the airport, according to Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
After touching down, the plane failed to stop on the runway, overshot the tarmac and came to rest in shallow water along the Indian Ocean shoreline, CAA director Ahmed Macalin Hassan...
