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Somali jet makes emergency landing after onboard explosion

A passenger plane has made an emergency landing in Somalia's capital with a gaping hole in its fuselage.

Daallo Airlines Explosion

According to BBC, the hole in the plane's side appeared shortly after take-off from Mogadishu at 10,000ft (3,048m), a colleague of one of the passengers.

The Daallo Airlines flight, bound for Djibouti, was carrying about 60 people on board, a police officer at the scene told the Bloomberg news agency.

Some reports say a fire broke out shortly after take-off.

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Somalia's ambassador to the UN Awale Kullane was onboard the plane, and posted a video on Facebook of passengers sitting calmly while oxygen masks hung from overhead.

"Onboard Jubba/Daalo Airlines this morning, while it was on air for a few minutes we just heard a loud noise and couldn't see anything but smoke for a few seconds, when visibility returned we realised quite a chunk of the plane [was] missing," he posted.

Somalia's Minister for Air Transport, Ali Ahmed Jama said an investigation was launched into the cause of the fire.

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Daallo Airlines flies regularly from its base in Dubai to Somalia and Djibouti.

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