Sri Lanka, Feb. 11 -- A plane carrying 55 passengers has crashed into the Indian Ocean in a horrific incident just moments after taking off from Aden Adde International Airport.

Footage captured by a bystander showed the shocking moment the StarSky airline was involved in the incident near Mogadishu in Somalia.

Passengers were spotted jumping out of the plane after the aircraft hit the water off the Somali shoreline.

One of the StarSky plane's wings was also snapped clean off, floating alongside the aircraft.

Rescuers arrived at the scene within minutes, later being filmed providing assistance to passengers.

Eyewitnesses have claimed that the flight took off shortly before crashing.

It was said to have been unable to gain altitude d...