Somali plane bomb: Turkey 'was intended target'

Suicide bomber who tried to down jet was meant to board Turkish Airlines plane

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A giant hole can be seen in the side of the Daallo flight after its emergency landing
(Image credit: Harun Maruf/Twitter)

The suicide bomber who attempted to down a Daallo Airlines jet in Somalia should have been on a Turkish Airlines flight, the Somali-owned airline has confirmed.

Flight 3159 was forced to return and make an emergency landing in Mogadishu last week after an explosion ripped a hole in the fuselage and sucked the suicide bomber out of the aircraft.

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