Friday, August 8, 2025 - Six people have been k!lled after a small medical plane crashed into a building in a Kenyan neighborhood
The crash occurred near the Mwihoko Secondary School in
Utawala on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 7, according to
a statement from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) director
general Emile N. Arao.
The Cessna Citation 560 ambulance aircraft went down shortly
after departing from Wilson Airport around 2:15 p.m. local time, losing both
radio and radar contact with Air Traffic Control three minutes after takeoff,
Arao said.
The plane crashed into a building before going up in flames,
according to The Kenya Times.
Four people were onboard the plane, which was headed to
Hargeisa, Somalia, at the time of the crash, according to Arao.
All four people on the plane d!ed in the crash, as well as
two who were on the ground, Reuters and Newsweek reported.
The two people on the ground were reportedly inside a home
that was hit by the aircraft.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident involving an
air ambulance mission,” Arao said in the statement. “Our immediate priority is
to support rescue efforts and provide all necessary assistance to the families
affected.”
The plane involved in the crash was run by AMREF Flying
Doctors, Reuters reported.
AMREF said it is cooperating fully with authorities,
according to Newsweek and Kenyan newspaper The Star.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing, Kenya CAA said.
This is coming less than 24 hours after Ghana's Defence
Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, and the Minister of Environment, Science and
Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, d!ed in a tragic military helicopter
crash that occurred on Wednesday in the Ashanti region, Reuters has reported.
According to Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff to President John
Mahama, the crash also claimed the lives of three other government officials
and three Air Force personnel who were on board.
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