Kenya: Two killed after passenger plane heading to tourist resort collides with training aircraft
Two people have been killed in a mid-air crash involving a training aircraft and a passenger plane in Kenya, police say.
The aircraft collided above Nairobi National Park in the capital, sending the smaller plane crashing down.
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.
“I can confirm a student and a trainer [on the training aircraft]… died during the incident,” Nairobi county police commander Adamson Bungei told Reuters news agency.
The plane belonging to a flight school and the Safarilink passenger aircraft collided at 10.05am (7.05am GMT), Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.
An investigation has been launched.