Plane crash kills at least six after aircraft crashes in Kenya
Local police commander Anthony Keter told The Standard newspaper that the accident occurred near Morendat Farm on the northeastern side of Lake Naivasha. A Red Cross worker at the scene told Reuters: 'So far we have recovered four bodies.' A local official, Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula, told reporters at the scene that four people on board, including the pilot, were killed in the crash.
Two other victims were inside a house into which the plane crashed, he said. Wafula added that another two had been 'seriously injured'. One witness, who asked not to be named, said she heard a loud sound, then saw a fireball and debris scattered over the neighbourhood. Unverified videos shared on social media showed firefighters trying to douse burning debris inside what appeared to be a residential compound.
The service provider, AMREF Flying Doctors, did not provide a number of casualties or a probable cause of the crash. It said in a statement that it was 'cooperating fully with relevant aviation authorities and emergency response teams to establish the facts surrounding the situation.'
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said the plane lost contact with air traffic control three minutes after it took off. 'We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident involving an air ambulance mission,' KCAA said in a statement. The Kenya Red Cross said that its rescue teams headed to the crash scene in Kiambu, a county that shares a border with Nairobi.
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