Two killed in plane crash near Wilson Airport
What you need to know:
- Aircraft crashed inside the Nairobi National Park
- The aircraft belongs to Skylink Aviation
- Scene of crime experts from the police and Air Accident Investigation Unit are at the scene
Two people were killed on Wednesday after a light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Wilson Airport, Nairobi.
Police say the aircraft crashed inside the Nairobi National Park shortly after 9am and those who died are an instructor and a trainee.
Police said the aircraft, belonging to Skylink Aviation, crashed three minutes after take-off after developing a mechanical problem.
A statement from the Ministry of Transport stated that the aircraft was a Cessna 172 4-seater plane and took off from Wilson Airport at 9.15 am.
“The Wilson Control tower lost communication with the aircraft and requested a helicopter to search for it,” Transport Principal Secretary Mr Nduva Muli said.
Scene of crime police and Air Accident Investigation Unit officers are at the scene.
Several people have been killed in plane crashes in the country this year.
In July this year, three people were killed when an aircraft crashed at the Aberdare Mountains. The aircrafts pilot and his two passengers died on the spot.
They left Lentille airstrip in Laikipia and were expected to land at Wilson airport at 5.25pm.
The plane however went missing at around 5pm. The wreckage of the Cessna 206, registration number 5Y BUG, was later found by the Kenya Wildlife Service personnel.
