Plane crash Kenya: Two people killed after planes collide mid-air with smaller aircraft crashing down into Nairobi National Park

A student pilot and trainer have been killed after two planes crashed into each other mid-air in Kenya
Isabella Boneham
By Isabella Boneham
6th Mar 2024, 6:49am
A student pilot and trainer have been killed after two planes crashed into each other mid-air in Kenya. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)A student pilot and trainer have been killed after two planes crashed into each other mid-air in Kenya. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
A student pilot and trainer have been killed after two planes crashed into each other mid-air in Kenya. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Two people have been killed after a training aircraft and a passenger plane collided mid-air in Kenya. The aircraft collided above Nairobi National Park in the capital, sending the smaller plane crashing down.

A student pilot and trainer were killed in the incident. The bigger plane, a Dash 8 operated by Safarilink Aviation, had 44 people on board, including five crew. It was heading to the coastal tourist resort town of Diani when crew reported a loud bang soon after take-off from Wilson Airport and decided to turn back, the airline reported.

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The plane belonging to a flight school and the Safarilink passenger aircraft collided at 10.05am (7.05am GMT) yesterday (Tuesday 5 March), Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.

Nairobi county police commander Adamson Bungei told Reuters news agency: "I can confirm a student and a trainer [on the training aircraft]... died during the incident”. An investigation has been launched.

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