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A man has reportedly been 'sucked to his death' when an alleged bomb explosion made a hole in the side of a passenger jet.
Another two people were confirmed injured in the explosion on the Daallo Airlines flight heading from Mogadishu to Djibouti.
Despite losing cabin pressure caused by the hole above one of the wings, the pilot was able to use the undamaged flight controls to safely return the passengers to Mogadishu International Airport.
Somali authorities discovered the body of an old man 30km north of Mogadishu which they believe fell from the plane, CNN report.
The hole seen from inside the aircraft (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The plane's Serbian pilot, Vladimir Vodopivec, 64, told Belgrade newspaper Blic: "I think it was a bomb.
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