A plane carrying 55 passengers and crew veered off the runway at Somalia’s main airport onto the nearby shoreline on Tuesday during an emergency landing. The Civil Aviation Authorities said the pilot reported a problem 15 minutes after take-off from Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport and requested permission to return. It then tried to touch down but overran the runway before coming to rest in shallow water in the Indian Ocean. No one was injured in the incident which left the Fokker 50 aircraft with a broken wing and nose. The African Union’s mission in Somalia wrote on X that emergency responders together with AU and UN troops were quickly deployed to help with rescue efforts.

Source: Ethiopian News February 11, 2026 11:41 UTC