An elderly man was reportedly sucked out of a Daallo Airline passenger plane following a midair blast in Somalia.

Man sucked through hole after plane explosion

Man sucked through hole after plane explosion

The incident reportedly took place at 14,000ft in the air after the explosion left a gaping hole in the cabin on the Djibouti-bound flight, just five minutes after take-off.

U.S government investigators suspect the explosion to be a bomb, but are awaiting further inspection.

Survivor Hassan Mohamed Nur told MailOnline: ''I saw the passenger, a man in his early 60s, get sucked out of the plane. There was a huge bang. A big hole appeared in the side of the jet and the man disappeared through it.''

Authorities have since sighted a burnt body 18 miles north of the Mogadishu airport.