The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) has confimed that a Trident Aviation’s DHC-5D Bufallo registered  with serial number 109 and registration 5Y-RBA crashed approximately 24km Southwest of Mogadishu Somalia.

The crash that occured at approximately 5.43PM had five persons on board all of whom perished in the crash. The flight had departed from Dhobley and was enroute to the Aden Abdulle International Airport.