ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319185
| Date: | Monday 4 May 2020 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia |
| Owner/operator: | African Express Airways |
| Registration: | 5Y-AXO |
| MSN: | 120259 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Bardale Airstrip -
 Somalia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Baidoa Airport (BIB/HCMB) |
| Bardale Airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia transporting medical supplies crashed on approach to Bardale, Somalia. All six on board were killed.
The aircraft had departed Mogadishu and landed at Baidoa before proceeding to Bardale. On board were a captain, copilot, flight engineer and a trainee pilot, and two people working for the airline, according to Somalia's Transport minister.
Ethiopian troops were stationed both at Baidoa and at Bardale as part of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
In a statement, AMISOM reported that the aircraft was approaching from the west, while the usual landing direction was from the east. Apparently the aircraft then overflew the airfield at a low altitude while going around. A witness reported that there were animals on or near the runway at the time.
Ethiopian soldiers believed it was a suicide plane trying to find a target in the base camp. It was then shot down using a ZU-23 anti-aircraft cannon.
Sources:
tuco.co.ke
garoweonline.com
standardmedia.co.ke
theeastafrican.co.ke
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