Ugandan military helicopter was crashed at Aden airport, convicted in Somalia in Mogadishu

An Ugandan army spokesman told the BBC that an Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board was crashed and ignited at the main international airport in the capital of Somalia, an Ugandan army spokesman told the BBC.

The Miguer General Felix College said, adding that his case is still unclear: After three people escaped, but the other five “have not yet been calculated” after they were crashed at Aden Ada International Airport.

“We heard the explosion, we saw smoke and blowing over a helicopter,” Farah Abdoul, one of the airport employees, told Reuters.

The state -run -off news agency reported that the fire quickly contained emergency services.

The Ugandan forces are part of the 11,000 African Union’s strength (AU) helps the government fight the youth group linked to a base, which was launching a brutal rebellion in Somalia for more than two decades.

The head of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority, Ahmed Malim, told the BBC that the helicopter had landed in the airport’s military section after flying from an air base in the Kabel in the Lower Shabel area, about 90 km (56 miles) northwest of Mogadisho.

In a statement, the African Union mission in Somalia said that the three survivors had been transferred to the hospital for treatment, while the operations were ongoing to restore the remaining crew and passengers. “

The African Union and Somali officials said that the investigation was underway to prove the cause of the accident.

The departure of the Turkish Airlines passenger plane was late, but local flights continued to work normally.