Posted on 02/02/2016 4:35:52 PM PST by wtd
A passenger plane bound for Djibouti was forced to make an emergency landing today, minutes after taking off from Mogadishu, due to a hole opening up in the plane after an apparent explosion, according to aviation experts.
On its Facebook page, Daallo Airlines, the national airline of Somalia, said in a statement that an Airbus 321 had "experienced an incident shortly after takeoff" from the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Bye bye Akbar, the flying terrorist! And that is a MIRACLE that airframe held together. Nice work, Airbus.
He made a big THUD 15 miles from the airport. ‘Early arrivals’
Did the government point this out before, or after the explosion? :-)
There goes my vacation to muzzie hell.
See avherald.com
They were still climbing.
An oxygen bottle is suspected of causing the explosion.
If so, the question will be, what caused the oxygen bottle to explode. -Tom
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