On 9 August 2013, an Antonov An-24 operated by the Ethiopian Air Force crashed while attempting to land at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia.

[1][2] The flight departed from Dire Dawa International Airport in Ethiopia at 06:00 local time that morning, commanded by Colonel Berhanu Geremew, a highly experienced pilot.

Two crew members were rescued from the aircraft wreckage and transferred to the AMISOM Level 2 hospital with injuries.

The airport remained closed for nearly 7 hours due to the accident and re-opened to commercial traffic at 14:55 local time.

The first departure after resumption of operations was a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 to Djibouti and Istanbul.