A plane with a delegation accompanying the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Somalia escaped a crash while landing at the Mogadishu Airport. Due to still unclear reason, while landing the airliner’s right wing struck the runway, CNN Turk reported.
As a result of the accident the plane’s wing damaged.
The ruling Justice and Development Party Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitas, chairman of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu, chairman of the board of directors of "Dogan Holding" Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag, representatives of the Turkish showbiz Ajda Pekkan, Sertap Erener and journalists were on board.
Source: http://en.trend.az
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says the wing of a plane carrying a delegation accompanying the Turkish prime minister to Somalia scraped the tarmac upon landing at Mogadishu airport.
The Anatolia news agency said Friday no one among the delegation of journalists, parliamentarians, businessmen and artists was hurt. A journalist on board the Turkish Airlines plane said the incident caused screams and panic.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family flew in the official state jet and were not affected.
Anatolia said the plane was in need of repairs and unfit to fly the delegation back.
Erdogan is in Somalia to visit aid camps and to open a Turkish Red Crescent-run camp and field hospital to help the famine-struck country.
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