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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Cessna training aircraft collided with a passenger plane carrying 44 people above Kenya's capital Nairobi on Tuesday, killing the student and his trainer, police said.
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, President William Ruto ...
The wreckage of the vehicle in which Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident near the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, Kenya on February 12.
The first aircraft involved in the collision was a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-315, manufacturer serial number 574, and registered as 5Y-SLK. The aircraft was manufactured by Bombardier Aviation on 28 September 2001 and in its 22 years of service, it had accumulated around 32,000 flight hours in around 35,000 cycles, [a] and was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123E engines.
The area of the crash site is known for having frequent road incidents. [3] Kenya has a road mortality rate of 27.8 per 100,000 people (per the WHO); typical for sub-Saharan Africa (where the rate is 27 per 100,000), but higher than, for example, the European Union, which has 6 deaths per 100,000 people per year. [2]
The aircraft was on a flight from Nairobi to Ratang’a village in Ndhiwa Constituency, Homa Bay County.The two ministers on board – Interior Security Minister George Saitoti, who had announced his intention to run for Kenya's presidency, [1] and Assistant Minister Joshua Orwa Ojode – had planned to attend a fundraising event at the Nyarongi Catholic Church.
Angry parents stormed the school demanding to know the whereabouts of their children after news of the capsizing reached them, Authorities say five children died Saturday in Kenya after a boat ...
The accident is one of the most deadly on Kenya's roads in recent years. Last year 34 people died in central Kenya when their bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river valley