Posted on 02/04/2016 3:45:09 PM PST by Ulmius
An explosion that blew a hole in a jetliner shortly after takeoff and left one man missing was believed to have been caused by a bomb, the pilot said Wednesday, describing how the crew calmed frightened passengers as smoke enveloped the cabin before he brought the plane back to Mogadishu's airport for an emergency landing.
Residents of Balad, a town 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) north of Mogadishu, found the body of a man who might have been blown out of the Airbus 321 in Tuesday's blast, said police officer Mohamed Hassan.
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Well worth watching to the end...
(FWIW -- the pilots' forums have also observed the "pink smear" down the side of the fuselage...)
Thanks- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x304gqt
Set up & gunshot trials in first 15 min; explosives start at 42’30”
Yeah— just imagine what or who would get the job in Somalia, the land of skinnies wired up on khat— who would become head of the “civil aviation authority”. So yes, Baghdad Bob-like. What little economy they have by aircraft when their
criminal class continues to hijack merchant ships (a little less successfully today).
Shaped charge— poorly constructed, and carried on the individual sitting at the window— net result... less explosive impact, even with explosive decompression on board.
The blast was concentrated— outward.
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