At least three killed after AU military helicopter crashes in Somalia's Mogadishu airport

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At least three killed after AU military helicopter crashes in Somalia's Mogadishu airport  The exact number of casualties remains unclear. Three surviving passengers have been taken to hospital for treatment, according to the African Union mission in Somalia.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/02/at-least-three-killed-after-au-military-helicopter-crashes-in-somalias-mogadishu-airport  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Clouds of black smoke and hordes of firefighters.

00:05At least three people died after a military helicopter crashed and caught fire on Wednesday

00:10at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

00:13The helicopter originally belonged to the Ugandan Air Force

00:16but was being operated by the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia.

00:20The aircraft was arriving from the Baledogol military airbase in the south of the country.

00:25The crash occurred at around 7.30 a.m.

00:27The exact number of casualties remains unclear.

00:30Somali authorities said at least three people were killed

00:33and the AU Peacekeeping Mission said three survivors had been taken to hospital for treatment.

00:38Search and rescue operations were underway to retrieve the remaining crew and passengers.

00:43The impact of the crash also caused munitions on board the helicopter to detonate, injuring three civilians.

00:48The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia

00:52is made up of more than 11,000 troops from countries including Uganda and Kenya.

00:57The mission helped Somali authorities fight the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab group.

01:01Al-Shabaab has been waging a violent insurgency in Somalia since the mid-2000s.

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