logo
ADVERTISEMENT

Probe begins as bodies of Nanyuki aircraft victims flown to Nairobi

KWS said investigations have commenced and will be led by a multi-agency team of officers.

image
by SHARON MAOMBO

News12 February 2021 - 12:37
ADVERTISEMENT

In Summary


  • •They will get support from the Ministry of Transport, National Police Service and National Air Support Department.
  • •The two victims -a pilot and a passenger - were pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday after the plane they were in, crashed moments after take-off at Nanyuki Airstrip.
Plane Crash Alert

The remains of two KWS staff members who succumbed in the airplane crash in Nanyuki have been transferred to Nairobi.

In a statement on Friday, KWS said investigations have commenced and will be led by a multi-agency team of officers from the Air Accident Investigation Department.

They will get support from the Ministry of Transport, National Police Service and National Air Support Department.

The two victims -a pilot and a passenger - were pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday after the plane they were in, crashed moments after take-off at Nanyuki Airstrip.

The plane which is under the National Air Support Department had just completed a routine patrol as Solio Rhino Sanctuary and was en route to Meru National Park.


ADVERTISEMENT

logo© The Star 2024. All rights reserved