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Somali Airlines Flight 40

1981 CE · Somalia, Africa · Disaster

Somali Airlines Flight 40
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On 20 July 1981, Somali Airlines Flight 40, a Fokker F27-600 Friendship operating a daily scheduled domestic passenger flight from Mogadishu International Airport to Hargeisa Airport, Somalia, crashed near the town of Balad a few minutes after takeoff killing all 44 passengers and 6 crew members on board.

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