Explosion rips hole in commercial jet. Local media: 'Severely burnt body' tumbles from sky

[rangerrebew]

Explosion rips hole in commercial jet
Local media: 'Severely burnt body' tumbles from sky
Published: 14 hours ago
 

 A Daallo Airlines airplane making its way from Somalia to a spot in East Africa was forced to make an emergency landing after an explosion ripped through metal above the wing and left a gaping hole, injuring two, witnesses said.

Local media reported a “severely burnt body” was seen falling from the skies above Djibouti, the news blog Jalopnik reported. Other reports said two were injured, but it’s not known how severely they were hurt.

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Various Twitter posts followed the event.

This one from Goodjoog News said: “Daallo Airline plane heading 2 Djibouti catches fire 5 mints afta taking off frm the airport in Mogadishu. 2 injured.”

And this from a supposed eyewitness, who tweeted: “#Somalia: Plane makes emergency landing at #Mogadishu airport; incidnt being treated as ‘suspicious’ sources.”

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The explosion rocked the plane just a few minutes after takeoff, the Mirror reported. The source of the explosion isn’t clear, but investigators haven’t ruled out terrorism, and the airport has been tied in the past to terror-related incidents.

The Mirror reported Flight D3159 was forced to perform an emergency landing at the Raas Cabaad airport, where witnesses said it was on fire.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/explosion-rips-hole-in-commercial-jet/#F0lBoItJbxLjOX0o.99

[mountaineer]

Bomb likely caused Somalia plane blast, say US government sources
Thomson Reuters
ABDI SHEIKH
Feb 3rd 2016 10:09AM

Investigators believe a bomb probably caused the onboard explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu for an emergency landing this week, U.S. government sources said on Wednesday.

One man was killed by the blast on Tuesday on the Daallo Airlines plane, officials said. Local authorities north of Mogadishu said the body of a man, believed to have been sucked out through the hole in the fuselage made by the blast, was found in their area.

The U.S. sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity that hard forensic evidence was lacking and no group is known to have claimed responsibility for the blast.

There was no immediate comment from al Shabaab, the Somali Islamist group that has waged an insurgency against the Western-backed Somalia government. It has carried out regular attacks on officials, government offices and civilian sites.

Daallo Airlines, which did not refer to a blast, said on its website that the "incident" that caused a hole in the fuselage happened 15 minutes into the flight.

"Pilots managed to land the aircraft back (in) Mogadishu Airport safely and without any further incident. All passengers, except one, disembarked safely," it said, adding there was an investigation into "the cause of one missing passenger."

Two passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries, it added.

"The investigation goes on," Somali civil aviation director Abdiwahid Omar said on the state radio website.

Local authorities said the body of a passenger was found in the Balcad area, about 30 km (19 miles) north of Mogadishu.

A police officer at Mogadishu airport said the body of the 55-year-old man was being brought to the capital. "He dropped when the explosion occurred in the plane," the officer said.

Daallo Airlines, the national carrier of the tiny Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, had previously said the plane had 74 passengers on board.  ...

Rest of story, including photos and video, at AOL.com

[Free Vulcan]

Goodness, prayers for that person. There are many ways to go, that is not one to visit at all. I hope they died quick before they even were ejected from the plane.

[Scottftlc]

The return of the ISIS soda-can bomb? (as in the Sinai)