A small aircraft serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia on Wednesday crashed at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu.

MOGADISHU - A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at ...

An AUSSOM spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment. "We heard the blast and saw smoke and flames over a helicopter," Farah Abdulle, who works at the airport, told Reuters.

A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board has crashed at the main international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, BBC reports.

A helicopter operated by the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) crashed on Wednesday while attempting to ...