Mogadishu (PP Information Desk) — A light-weight plane touched down at Caabudwaaq Airport yesterday, after greater than per week of suspended flights. Militias, primarily based 45 km south of Caabudwaaq and armed with 36-calibre anti-aircraft weapons, surfaced on social media, threatening to shoot down any plane travelling to or from Caabudwaaq. This was reportedly in response to weapons captured within the district a number of months in the past.
Plane operators primarily based in Mogadishu justified the momentary suspension of flights on grounds of passenger security, however Caabudwaaq authorities hinted at potential political stratagems aimed toward isolating the district and its inhabitants. The risk to the plane reminded many of comparable techniques utilized by militias to maintain Mogadishu Airport closed, till the Union of Islamic Courts reopened it following the defeat of warlords in 2006.
The Federal Aviation Ministry has not issued any assertion relating to the dangers posed to plane by militias within the southern components of Galmudug.
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