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Somali Airlines Flight 40
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Accident
Date20 July 1981
SummaryStructural failure due to loss of control in extreme turbulence.
SiteBalad, Somalia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker F27-600 Friendship
OperatorSomali Airlines
Registration6O-SAY
Flight originMogadishu International Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia
DestinationHargeisa International Airport, Hargeisa, Somalia
Passengers44
Crew6
Fatalities50
Survivors0

Somali Airlines Flight 40 was a scheduled domestic Somali Airlines flight on 20 July 1981 from Mogadishu to Hargeisa in Somalia. The aircraft crashed a few minutes after takeoff, and all 44 passengers and six crew on board were killed.

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