What the records say
- When
- 20 Jul 1981
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 2.35° N, 45.39° E
- Description
- Air disaster
- Deaths
- 50
Somali Airlines Flight 40
1981 aviation accident in Somalia
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. With 50 fatalities, it remains the deadliest aviation accident in Somalia.
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