At least five dead after AU helicopter crashes at airport in Somalia | Aviation News

Helicopter with eight people on board crashes at Aden Adde airport, the main international airport in Mogadishu.

A helicopter used by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at the international airport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing five passengers, a Ugandan military spokesperson said.

Another three of the helicopter’s eight occupants survived the incident on Wednesday but with severe injuries and burns, said the spokesperson, Felix Kulayigye.

The impact of the crash had caused munitions on board to detonate, destroying nearby structures and injuring three…