An Airbus A321-111 passenger plane, registered SX-BHS, sustained substantial damage in a criminal occurrence near Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ), Somalia. The airplane operated on a flight from Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ) to...
Interesting… Somalia, hole in aircraft, I think I know what’s happening…
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Wow, fortunately the plane didn’t crashed, they know the cause?
Im glad that Flydubai flies to Somalia now :)
Dang. I wonder what made it explode.
George
February 3, 2016, 9:42am
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One People possibly died because of this accident
There goes the a321 saftey record
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Atleast it was on the ground.
But how did it pass the detectors?
Somalia is a very pirated country, so anything could of happened to get that bomb on that plane. Do you know if it that was before takeoff or after, at its destination?
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Shortly after takeoff. Wasn’t a very powerful bomb either killed one man in the blast.
Seems like the aircraft had an explosion on board 20 minutes after takeoff. Investigators confirmed it was a suicide bomber.
Reported two injured and a burnt body fell of the aircraft, a Airbus A321-100.
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Daallo Airlines Flight 159 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Somali-owned Daallo Airlines. On 2 February 2016, an explosion occurred on board the aircraft 20 minutes after it took off from Mogadishu. The aircraft was able to return to the airport safely, with one fatality (likely the bomber) reported. A subsequent investigation indicated that the explosion was caused by a bomb, detonated in a suicide attack. The Islamist m...
That’s pretty scary right there
AR_AR
February 7, 2016, 4:39pm
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I am sorry, but “Somali” and “Airline” in the same sentence probably rarely ends up being a good thing.
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And that’s why your comment is allowed even though it may be deemed offensive.
AF330
February 7, 2016, 6:32pm
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The CPC must have gone on strike after this…😂