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2020 Berdale East African Express Airways Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia crash
Airliner shutdown
DateApril 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)
SummaryShot down by Ethiopian National Defense Force
SiteBerdale, Somalia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeEmbraer EMB 120 Brasilia
OperatorEast African Express Airways
Registration5Y-AXO
Flight originBaidoa Airport, Baidoa, Somalia
DestinationBerdale Airfield, Berdale, Somalia
Occupants6
Passengers4
Crew2
Fatalities4
Survivors4

The 2020 Berdale East African Express Airways Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia crash was an aviation accident involving an East African Express Airways [Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]] that was shot down by the Ethiopian National Defense Force while operating a charter cargo flight from Baidoa Airport, Somalia to Berdale, Somalia while on approach to Berdale. [1] All 6 occupants, 4 non-revenue passengers and 2 crew, were killed.[2]