Passengers seem fairly nonchalant. I guess a bomb blowing a hole in your plane is a common occurrence in Somalia.
A Daallo Airlines flight made a reported emergency landing in Mogadishu, Somalia today after an onboard explosion just minutes after take-off.
The Airbus flight D3159 was traveling from Somalia to Djibouti when passengers heard a loud bang before seeing flames, according to Airlive.net.
At least two people were reported injured by the explosion which blew a large hole through the side of the aircraft. Details surrounding the incident vary, with VOA reporting the number of people injured as three and Vice News suggesting the “fire or explosion was contained on the airport’s tarmac”.
No explanation has been given for the cause of the explosion, but police are reportedly treating it as “suspicious”.
Somali-owned Daallo Airlines has its headquarters in Dubai, and appears on the EU’s most recent “list of air carriers which are banned from operating within the Union”.
