It looks like the cargo was saved... :-(
You'd better believe that would be the case. And see who is "saving" it! Whoops! Did I day "saving"? As this is Qat perhaps I meant "looting"...probably more to the point. I expect - I am serious! - it was a higher priority to many than finding bodies or survivors.
Surprising lack of fire damage in the pics so far though
Perhaps I should explain my distaste for this shyte...
In 1993 I was flying aid into Somalia, principally Mogadishu when the famine had peaked, Siad Barre had been ousted and there was a chance to restore the place into the civilised world.
The UN were in MOG, mainly Nigerians, Pakis and French all of whom had the respect of the local thugs as they were not shy in returning fire. In Jan '93 the Americans landed in that farcical night amphibious landing into the klieg lights of the world's press and proceeded to undo all the work done by the above nations by their utter pussiness. At that time it was assessed that Somalia had had enough of weapons, warlords, technicals and butchery and would have voluntarily disarmed to a strong enough UN force. sadly the US proved a farce rather than a force and the opportunity was lost.
meanwhile we, at Wilson, struggled each day to ship aid to MOG alongside 404s, King Airs, Metros etc packing tons of Qat to Somalia each day. The aid agencies were up against charter companies with hugely lucrative contract to fly the foul stuff into the famine zone in order to fund the weapons and conflict we were trying to prevent. Essentially it was outbid the drug lords' charter rates or stay in Nairobi. So we outbid the drugs lords where we could, and ran out of affordable air transport after that so many died needlessly. Thanks, Granny, for your 50p in the bucket outside Tesco, but that's where your money went.
The system let the Qat flights go out easy peasy, the rest of us fought bureaucracy. Thanks Kenya, and what does that tell us? Many of those Qat flights went (i.e. still go) to completely unregulated strips in Somalia. What other purpose do you suppose such a regular cargo shuttle might be used for? Does anyone suppose that aren't used for that? The Qat trade in Nairobi was entirely Somali managed and controlled even then. Suppose the moslem loonies terrs haven't been making use of this for decades? Actually. it' almost certainly them that's running the entire shebang for decades. Shesh!
Anyhoo I ain't weeping when I see accidents like this, apart from the poor sods beneath it in Embakasi where it arrived. But not those that were able to make off with hundreds of sacks each worth a thousand dollars or more...