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Passenger plane crashes in Somalia's Mogadishu

The plane crash-landed outside Mogadishu's international airport and then caught fire   -  
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A passenger plane crashed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday with the 30 people on board safely evacuated.

Airport authorities said passengers and crew safely disembarked from the Jubba Airways-operated plane, which was arriving on a domestic flight from the inland city of Baidoa.

All 36 passengers and crew survived the crash, Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement, adding that an investigation into the incident was underway.

The plane crash-landed outside Mogadishu's international airport and then caught fire.

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