12:27 am - Tuesday
Two killed in air accident in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya - The fourth in four months at Nairobi airport
(WAPA) - A Blue Bird Aviation Beechcraft 1900 crashed yesterday in Kenya, while approaching Nairobi Wilson Airport. The two occupants of the aircraft died shortly after the impact: the pilot while he was being carried to the nearby hospital; the co-pilot after some hours from being hospitalized in critical conditions.
The aircraft had taken off shortly before towards Mogadishu International Airport, Somalia, when the two men called the air traffic control for an emergency, asking for an immediate landing back in the departure airport. During the subsequent descent, however, the pilot did not manage to keep the airplane high enough and crashed into the airport's fence. The aircraft caught fire right afterwards giving no chance of survival to the aircrew.
This accident raised new doubts on Nairobi airport's safety as it is the fourth serious crash in the last four months, according to some local media without causing any suitable reaction by the aviation authority of the country. (Avionews)
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Direttore Clara Moschini