Aden Adde airport in the Somali capital closed ground operations after the crash
An Ethiopian military cargo plane has crashed and caught fire on landing at Mogadishu airport in Somalia.
Four of the six crew members onboard the aircraft - carrying equipment for international forces fighting Islamist militants - were killed, sources said.
Cargo items could be heard exploding inside the plane as the fire spread, closing the airport. The blaze was put out after about two hours.
Ethiopian troops entered Somalia in 2011 to assist African Union forces.
It is not known yet when the plane got into difficulties, and whether it overshot the runway, or fell short of it.
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Cargo items could be heard exploding inside the plane as the fire spread
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The aircraft belonged to Ethiopia but it was not immediately clear where it flew from.
Ethiopian troops are not part of the African Union peacekeeping force, supporting the Somali government forces in their fight against the Islamist militia, al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda.
Al-Shabab militants have shot at planes in the past but not in recent years, the Associated Press news agency reports.
The two crew members injured in the crash are currently receiving medical attention at the African Union hospital in Mogadishu, its mission in Somalia, Amisom, said in a statement.
The crash occurred shortly before 08:00 local time (05:00GMT), Amisom said. There was no damage to the runway, it added.
"The cause of the incident is yet to be established but investigations are currently under way," the AU mission said.
The aircraft was a Soviet-made Antonov 24, Reuters news agency reports. It was unclear what ammunition the plane was carrying.
A convoy of empty Somali military trucks had been seen earlier at the airport, Reuters adds.
On its Twitter feed, al-Shabab said the plane crash had "thwarted... the plots of the enemy invaders".
Somalia - which has seen conflict since 1991 - has a poor record on aviation safety.
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