Hiiraan Online
Monday, March 14, 2016
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Jubba Airways has resumed its regular flights to Mogadishu which it halted after the Al-Qaeda linked Al Shabab group bombed Daallo Airlines which made an emergency landing with a gaping hole on its side last month.
A suspected suicide bomber detonated a bomb allegedly planted in a laptop inside Daallo airlines to Djibouti on early February which damaged the plane’s fuselage. Only one person thought to be the bomber died after he sucked out of the plane.
Kamil Abdiaziz , Director of Maintenance of Jubba Airways and former Somali Airline engineer told HOL that the company had officials resumed its fights to Mogadishu, using Airbus 320-212 which it chartered to meet their expanding operations.
From left: First Officer Ahmed Awale, Eng. Kamil Abdiaziz Olol and Capt. Idris Hussein
Turkish Airlines which also halted its flights to Mogadishu after the bombing is yet to resume its flights to Mogadishu.
However, the resumption of Jubba Airways flights come days after Somali government assured Aden Adde international Airport safe as security has been beefed up to prevent further attacks.
The s mid-air explosion in Daallo Airlines’ aircraft has sent alarm across the world as security experts warned that the attack showed militant group’s desire to include attacks on air transportation into their global jihad catalog.
Government officials assured the security of Aden Adde International Airport
In October last year, a Russian airliner was brought down by a bomb in Egypt’s Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. The ISIS group claimed it was behind the bombing.