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The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
6 killed in air ambulance crash just outside Kenya's capital
A plane belonging to an air ambulance service provider crashed in a residential area just outside Kenya's capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, according to a local official and the aircraft's owner. AMREF Flying Doctors said that the mid-size jet, a Cessna Citation XLS, took off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland when it crashed. The service provider didn't provide the number of casualties or a possible cause, saying in a statement that it was 'cooperating fully with relevant aviation authorities and emergency response teams to establish the facts surrounding the situation.' The plane crashed in the residential area of Mwihoko in Kiambu County, which shares a border with Nairobi. A local official, Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula, told reporters at the scene that four people on board were killed in the crash. Two other victims were inside a house into which the plane crashed, he said. The Kenya Red Cross said that its rescue teams headed to the crash scene in Kiambu, a county that shares a border with Nairobi. Earlier, the Kenya Red Cross had said that the aircraft that crashed was a helicopter.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Plane crash kills at least six after aircraft crashes in residential area outside Kenya's capital
A plane has crashed in a residential area outside Kenya's capital killing at least six people. The mid-sized jet, which belonged to an air ambulance service, had taken off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland. 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 plane crashed in the residential area of Mwihoko in Kiambu County, which shares a border with Nairobi. A local official, Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula, told reporters at the scene that four people on board were killed in the crash. Two other victims were inside a house into which the plane crashed, he said. The Kenya Red Cross said that its rescue teams headed to the crash scene in Kiambu, a county that shares a border with Nairobi. Earlier, the Kenya Red Cross had said that the aircraft that crashed was a helicopter.
