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2024 Jetways Airlines Fokker F50 accident

18 Jan 2024 · Ceel Barde airstrip

Fokker 50 · Runway excursion on landing and impact with a building; under investigation

From Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) to Ceel Barde airstrip, Eelbarde, Somalia

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
1 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
4
Survivors
3
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
1
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Fokker 50

Aircraft type
Fokker 50
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
5Y-JWG
Onboard fatalities
1
Route
From Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ)To Ceel Barde airstrip, Eelbarde, Somalia

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

On 18 January 2024, a Jetways Airways Fokker 50 operating a flight from Mogadishu to Ceel Barde, Somalia, ran off the runway on arrival at its destination and struck a house, destroying it. There were no passengers on the flight, but there were 4 crew members on board who were transporting humanitarian aid from the Somali capital. The captain was killed, the first officer survived with serious injuries, and the other two occupants were left "shocked and speechless".

The accident

Elbarde airport confirmed the accident, reporting that the aircraft was carrying 4 UN World Food Programme workers; the aircraft struck the house outside the airport during a go-around attempt after one of the landing gears had failed to extend.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Incidente del Fokker F50 di Jetways Airlines del 2024” (revision 151416804, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Italian Wikipedia article: Incidente del Fokker F50 di Jetways Airlines del 2024
Article
Incidente del Fokker F50 di Jetways Airlines del 2024
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
151416804 · 2026-07-04 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q124311024
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
it Wikipedia article "Incidente del Fokker F50 di Jetways Airlines del 2024" (page 10008144, revision 151416804), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an airline in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Italian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.