According to Reuters news, on May 4, local time, a plane carrying aid materials to fight the new crown virus crashed in southern Somalia, killing all six people on board. Somalia's Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Mohammed Abdullah Salad said that the six victims included pilots, co-pilots, engineers and trainee pilots, as well as two airlines. Five bodies have been found so far.
According to an online report by the Somali news website Garoway, the cargo plane crashed at 3:45 p.m. local time when it was 2,230 ft (approximately 680 m) above sea level, and it should land at Bardale Airport in 3 minutes . The two pilots of the wrecked cargo plane were Kenyans. The owner of the cargo plane, Kenyan entrepreneur Muse Bulhan, also died in the crash.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation. (Reporter reporter Wang Bo)