Passenger plane in Somalia overshoots runway into shallow seawater near airport

The aircraft came to rest on the shore of the Indian Ocean, Starsky Aviation chief executive Ahmed Nur said (Omar Faruk/AP)

A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people overran the runway at Somalia’s main airport and ended up in shallow water at a nearby beach on Tuesday during an emergency landing following a technical problem shortly after take-off.

There were no injuries from the emergency landing at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport, and the 50 passengers and five crew members aboard the Starsky Aviation flight were safely evacuated, airline chief executive Ahmed Nur said in a statement.