Tristar Air cargo plane crash in Somalia — in pictures

The Egyptian cargo plane was carrying supplies to the Amisom peacekeepers when it crash landed.

The Tristar Air Airbus A300-200F engines were damaged in the crash landing but its six crew members are safe, local media reported.

Somali officials said the Egyptian-owned transport plane went down in Arbiska, a district about 18 kilometres outside the capital, after making several unsuccessful passes over the seafront airport.

Two of the six crew members suffered light injuries in the crash, the officials said, but added that the plane and those on board were safe

The plane landed in an area controlled by the Somali government and the African Union’s Amisom force.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, with government sources pointing to either technical failure or the airport’s inability to accept landings during the night.

Amisom, made up of troops from country’s including Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Djibouti and Burundi, is in Somalia to support Somalia’s internationally-backed government against the Al Shebab militants.

An Egytpian-owned cargo plane carrying supplies for African Union soldiers crash-landed outside Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday. All photos by Feisal Omar / Reuters