Incident Overview

Description
An Airbus A321-111, operating Daallo Airlines flight D3 159, suffered an in-flight explosion about 15 minutes after takeoff from Mogadishu Airport, Somalia when the aircraft was at about 12,000 feet. The explosion occurred on the right hand side of the aircraft, just behind the R2 door, at seat 16F. A large hole was blown in the fuselage and one passenger fell out of the aircraft and was killed. Three other passengers were injured. The aircraft returned to Mogadishu where it landed safely at 08:53 UTC (11:53 hours local time). An investigation revealed that the 55-year old passenger that was killed, was booked on Turkish Airlines flight TK689, which routes to Djibouti and Istanbul, Turkey. On February 1 and 2 Turkish Airlines cancelled the return leg between Djibouti to Mogadishu and passengers had to take D3 159, which departed 65 minutes after the scheduled departure time of TK689. Somali intelligence officials say two airport workers handled the laptop believed to have contained the bomb. They handed over the laptop to the passenger that was killed. In May 2016 a military court in Somalia sentence ten people involved in the bombing. Causes The accident was caused by the explosion of a laptop bomb device carried by a passenger on board.
Source of Information
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An explosion of a laptop bomb device carried by a passenger on board.An explosion of a laptop bomb device carried by a passenger on board.Share on: