A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board crashed and caught fire at the main international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a Ugandan army spokesman has told the BBC
Three people escaped with burns but the other five were “yet to be accounted for” following the crash at the Aden Adde International Airport, Maj Gen Felix Kulaigye said, adding that its cause was still unclear.
“We heard the blast and saw smoke and flames over a helicopter. The smoke entirely covered the helicopter,” Farah Abdulle, one of the airport staff, told Reuters news agency.
Somalia’s state-run news agency reported that the fire was quickly contained by the emergency services.
