SOMALIA / ETHIOPIAN PLANE CRASH

An Ethiopian Air force flight crash-landed a tMogadishu International Airport today killing four crewmembers and injuring two others. (UN/AU-UST)

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:27
• Production Date: 9 August 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: AFRICAN UNION - AU
• Subject Topical: DISARMAMENT; AIR TRANSPORT; MEDICINE
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: U130809c

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / ETHIOPIAN PLANE CRASH
TRT: 1:27
SOURCE: AU/UN IST
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 09 AUGUST 2013, MOGADISHU

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, black smoking rising in the at the site of the plane crash at Aden Ade International airport
2. Med shot, aircraft on fire at the crash site
3. Close up, AMISOM fire fighters put out the fire
4. Wide shot, AMISOM fire trucks and fighters put out fire at the crash site
5. Med shot, crash site with AMISOM fire fighters put out the fire
6. Med shot, Air crash site at Aden Ade International airport as AMISOM fire fighters put out fire
7. Med shot, AMISOM fire fighters working to put out the fire
8. Wide shot, Fire engines at the crash site
9. Wide shot, Air crash site at Aden Ade International airport
10. Wide shot, AMISOM and Somali Military officials at AMISOM level 2 hospitals
11. Close up, AMISOM and Somali Military officials
12. SOUNDBITE (English) John Robert Asea, Medical Officer, AMISOM:
“The two casualties were not seriously injured they just had minor bruises on the face and in the arms.
13. Wide shot, AMISOM and Somali Military officials visiting a survivor of the crash at AMISOM level 2 hospitals
14. SOUNDBITE (English) John Robert Asea, Medical Officer, AMISOM:
“Other organs and other parts of the body were really fine, they didn’t have any serious injuries, they are not in a critical state, they are stable.”
15. Med shot, AMISOM Medical Officer talking to Military officials
16. Close up, AMISOM Medical Officer, Dr. John Robert Asea
17. Wide shot, AMISOM and Somali military officials at the
18. Med shot, AMISOM medical officer checking on the survivor
19. Close up, AMISOM medical officer
20. Wide shot, of survivor at the AMISOM hospital

Storyline

An Ethiopian Air force flight crash-landed at Mogadishu International Airport today (9A ugust)killing four crewmembers and injuring two others.

The air crash occurred shortly before 08:00 when the plane burst into flames up on landing. AMISOM emergency medical and fire personnel were on location and immediately contained the fire rescuing the two casualties. The exact cause of the crash is yet to be established but investigations are currently underway.

John Robert Asea, an AMISOM Medical doctor said that “The two casualties were not seriously injured they just had minor bruises on the face and inthe arms”.

He added that, “they didn’t have any serious injuries, they are not in a critical state, they are stable.”

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif in a statement expressed his heart-felt condolences to the Government and people of Ethiopia following the loss of lives and wished quick recovery for the injured crew members.

There has been no damage to the runway and operations at the Aden Ade International airport in Mogadishu and normal operations are expected to resume shortly.