On 29 rd October Al-Shabaab opened fire at a plane belonging to private African airline BVC owned by African businessman of French origin Barthe Cortes. Probably, the rebels fired seven mortar shots, one of which hit near the plane. The rebels published the film of the attack on BVC on the web, Airline owner Barthe Cortes, said "that there were no flight suspension plans." when asked if he intended to suspend flights to Somalia for some time.