Six people have been killed after a light flight of a medical charitable organization in Capital, Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi.
Charity Amref Flying Doctor said that the Cessa plane left Wilson airport on Thursday afternoon and burst into flames in a residential building in Gythurai area of Nairobi while traveling to Somalia’s Harjeel.
Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wapula said six people were killed in the plane, including doctors, nurses and pilots – and two more injured on the ground.
The explorar has been sent to the scene of the crash to install its cause.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said the aircraft lost both radio and radar contacts with air traffic control, with air traffic control three minutes later.
The four driver’s forces and the AMREF employees were on the board, Charity said.
“At this time, we are fully cooperating with the concerned aviation officials and emergency response teams to establish the facts around the situation,” Amref’s CEO Stephen Geetau said in a statement.
The Kenya Defense Force and National Police Services have been deployed at the scene for search and recovery operations.
Patricia Kombo’s eyewitness told the BBC that she was going to Gythurai with her friends, she was in a cab with her friends and when they heard a loud noise and red flash next to them.
“The flash went away before I recorded my phone and smoking we screamed and heard it and so we finished our trip.
She said, “Then we realized that the plane was a crash and the crash saw a submerged hole in the ground,” she said.
In a separate incident, at least four people were killed in a separate Kenya city of Naiwasa city, and at least four people were killed.
Kenya Pipeline Company, whose bus was involved in the incident, said that they were carrying an employee who completed the morning shift at a training center and all the injured employees were taken to the hospital for treatment.
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