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Explosion, fire on board Somalia plane forces emergency landing
Fox News ^ | February 3, 2016

Posted on 02/03/2016 3:37:00 AM PST by SMGFan

MOGADISHU, Somalia – An explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in a commercial airliner, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu's international airport late Tuesday, officials and witnesses said.

The pilot said he thought it was a bomb. An aviation expert who looked at photographs of the hole in the fuselage said the damage was consistent with an explosive device.

Two people were slightly injured as 74 passengers and crew of the plane were evacuated after the plane made a safe landing, Somali aviation official Ali Mohamoud said. It was not certain if all the passengers were accounted for.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airplane; aviation; daalloairlines; somalia
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1 posted on 02/03/2016 3:37:00 AM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

1 sucked out of the plane, 2 injured.
Looks like the person with the explosive device was probably the one sucked out.
It’s amazing the people are just sitting there so calmly.


2 posted on 02/03/2016 3:43:19 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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“Awale Kullane, Somalia’s deputy ambassador to the U.N. who was on board the flight,”

hmmm.....


3 posted on 02/03/2016 3:45:25 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

The pink mist smeared down the side of the plane is the bomber’s final mark on this world.


4 posted on 02/03/2016 3:59:16 AM PST by wrench
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To: wrench

... which, fittingly, will wash right off and go down a sewer.


5 posted on 02/03/2016 5:07:24 AM PST by IronJack
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To: SMGFan

Islamism is a cancer on civilization.


6 posted on 02/03/2016 6:32:19 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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