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On 9 August 2013, an Antonov An-12 operated by the Ethiopian Air Force crashed while attempting to land at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. There were six crew on board, of which four perished in the crash and two survived with injuries. 〔 〕〔 〕 ==Flight and Crash== The flight departed from Dire Dawa International Airport in Ethiopia at 06:00 local time that morning, commanded by Colonel Berhanu Geremew, a highly experienced pilot.〔 〕 It was carrying a cargo of weapons and ammunition.〔 〕 The aircraft was cleared for a visual approach to runway 05 in Mogadishu but crashed to the left of the runway at 07:58 local time. Due to the location of the crash on the airport property, the Rescue Fire Fighting Service led by AMISOM firefighters and SKA airport employees were able to respond to the impact site within 90 seconds. Two crew members were rescued from the aircraft wreckage and transferred to the AMISOM Level 2 hospital with injuries.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Survivors in Ethiopian military plane crash not seriously injured )〕 The other four crew, including the pilot, were killed upon impact. Due to the nature of the cargo on board, the aircraft was consumed and destroyed by a fire and secondary explosions that continued for over 4 hours.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Ethiopian Plane Crashes at Mogadishu Airport )〕 There was no damage to the airport runway or other facilities. The airport remained closed for nearly 7 hours due to the accident and re-opened to commercial traffic at 14:55 local time. The first departure after resumption of operations was a Turkish Airlines Airbus 321 to Djibouti and Istanbul. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 Ethiopian Air Force An-12 crash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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