Overview

• A Ugandan Air Force helicopter operated by the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia carried eight personnel on board the flight from Baledogle Airfield.
• The aircraft crashed into the runway’s military zone on July 2 in a fiery impact that prompted emergency crews to extinguish a blaze.
• Somali authorities confirmed three deaths and said five crew members have not yet been found after the accident.
• Aden Adde International Airport resumed normal flight operations following minor delays and the diversion of a Turkish Airlines flight to Nairobi.
• Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority opened a formal investigation to establish the cause of the crash.