2024 Jetways Airlines Fokker F50 accident
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
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
- Operator
- Jetways Airlines
- 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
- 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.