Moment when a passenger jet skids off the runway after an emergency landing at an international airport – while everyone on board survives
- A plane crashed dramatically in Somalia, apparently after its landing gear failed
- Despite the horror crash, all 30 passengers and four crew members on board survived
This is the astonishing moment when a passenger plane crashed at Mogadishu International Airport.
Video captured the plane’s dramatic slide down the runway in Somalia as the pilot struggled to land the plane safely at Aden Adde Airport on July 11.
Despite the surprise accident, all 30 passengers and four crew on board are said to have survived, with only two ‘minor injuries’ needing treatment.
The crash is believed to have been caused by a faulty landing gear.
Footage shows the plane hurtling down the runway and crashing through an adjacent wall.
Image shows the plane skidding down the runway, reportedly after a landing gear problem
The plane, reportedly hit by a tailwind, spins as it approaches the border fence
As the plane hurtles down the runway, its wing makes contact with the fence, sending the plane into a spin.
The rear of the plane then hits the fence, bringing it to a dramatic halt.
Parts of the plane seem to come loose and are flung over the hard boundary.
Footage of the aftermath showed the extent of damage to the Halla Airlines jet.
The fuselage appears to have broken from the rear and from another angle the cockpit appears to have fallen apart.
Video also showed a fire truck and emergency responders at the scene afterwards.
The plane was said to have been on a domestic flight from Puntland, in northern Somalia.
Somali state media later confirmed that the Halla Airlines plane did indeed skid off the runway.
Industry insiders have dubbed the plane an Embraer EMB 120, as reported in The express.
Flight worldwide noted that conditions were good at the time, with ‘good visibility’ but 17kt wind from the south-southwest, which they say would have generated a ‘tailwind’.
On 18 July 2022, a Jubba Airways Fokker 50 similarly crashed at Mogadishu’s Aden Abbe International Airport, with all 36 people on board surviving.
During landing, the plane’s wind hit the ground and parted, causing the plane to roll and skid off the runway.
Coincidentally, U.S. Army personnel were present, who had medical training and were able to help evacuate the passengers.
The Halla Airlines plane is pictured after crashing into the wall surrounding the runway
MailOnline has reached out to Halla Airlines for comment.