UN-contracted cargo plane crashes in Somalia

(ECNS) -- A United Nations-contracted cargo plane carrying humanitarian supplies for the World Food Programme crashed while landing on an airstrip in El-Barde in Somalia's South West State, the UN reported on Thursday.

Initial reports said one was killed and two injured.

"The UN is working with the contracted airline company and federal and South West State authorities to investigate the incident," the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) said in a statement.