Dramatic Video Shows Explosion on board a Daallo Air A321

AvHerald Reported

A Daallo Airlines Airbus A321-100, registration SX-BHS performing flight D3-159 from Mogadishu (Somalia) to Djibouti (Djibouti) with 74 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Mogadishu about 5 minutes into the flight when an explosion was heard. The crew stopped the climb and returned the aircraft to Mogadishu for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure. A large hole was seen at the right hand side of the fuselage above the wing. Three occupants were taken to hospitals with injuries. One passenger was missing after landing, the body was recovered near Balad about 21nm north northeast of Mogadishu. Daallo Air A321 a Somali-owned airline Daallo Air A321 a Somali-owned airline Daallo Air A321 a Somali-owned airline Daallo Air A321 a Somali-owned airline The airline confirmed an explosion on board, the cause is under investigation, an oxygen bottle is being suspected. There were two injuries, one of them serious. Somalia's Ministry of Transport reported a fire on board of the aircraft, the fire was put out. The damage to the aircraft is being assessed. Somalia's Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (SCAMA) reported in the evening, that the aircraft with 81 people on board was climbing through FL100 out of Mogadishu when the crew reported a sudden fault requiring an immediate return to Mogadishu. There were three injuries on board of the aircraft. SCAMA also stated (translated with the help of a Somali reader), that after landing on board of the aircraft all people were alive, following a formal review of the passenger manifest by the airline it was discovered however that one person was missing. Passengers report at least one person was blown out of the aircraft One passenger reported he saw the explosion occur inside the aircraft a couple of seat rows ahead of him followed by an air rush and sudden drop of cabin pressure, the seat belt held him in his seat. He saw two injured people around him, one an elderly man from Finland and another one being a young Italian. The elderly man was severely burned. Daallo Air A321 a Somali-owned airline Local residents at Balad (Somalia), located about 21nm north northeast of Mogadishu Airport, reported they saw a severely burnt body fall off an unidentified aircraft. On Feb 3rd 2016 Somalia's Air Accident Investigation Authority (SAAIA) told The Aviation Herald, that one passenger was unaccounted for and missing after the aircraft landed. The body of the missing person was subsequently found near Balad Town, about 30km north of Mogadishu. The body was taken to Mogadishu in the night of Feb 2nd/3rd. Scenes on board after explosion while returning to Mogadishu (Video: goobjooge):

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