Light Aircraft Full Of Tourists Crash Lands [VIDEO]

Nakuru County Police Commander Peter Mwanzo said that the accident occurred at 1.30 pm in the afternoon.

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Aug 13, 2022 - 14:57 Updated: Aug 13, 2022 - 15:16
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Light Aircraft Full Of Tourists Crash Lands [VIDEO]
The 5Y-C11 light aircraft which crash landed in Njoro on August 13, 2022. /TWITTER

A light aircraft ferrying a pilot and two tourists crash-landed at a farm in Ewaat village, Njoro, Nakuru County, on its way to the Maasai Mara Game reserve.

Confirming the accident, Nakuru County Police Commander Peter Mwanzo said that the accident occurred at 1.30 pm in the afternoon on Saturday, August 13.

The pilot of the plane identified as 27-year-old Joshua Kwam was ferrying passengers who were a 28-year-old female Peru national and a French man aged 29.

Mwanzo added that the plane had taken off from Lake Nakuru Lodge which is located within Lake Nakuru National Park and was heading to Mara North.

"An aircraft 5Y-C11 crashed has crashed within the county at around 1330hours. On board were one pilot and two tourists.

"The plane crash-landed at Koibyot Village near Likia in Mauche. The two passengers and a pilot are all safe with no injuries," said Mwanzo to the media.

By the time of publishing, it was not immediately established what caused the accident. 

Videos and photos seen by Viral Tea showed locals milling around the crash area, with the crash coming in the midst of what appears to be cloudy weather.

On Monday, July 11, a Kenya Airways plane turned back to Nairobi after it experienced bad weather while trying to land at its destination in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, whose Bole International Airport was shut down temporarily as a result.

Bole, being one of the busiest airports in the region, had seen a number of flights redirected to other airports within its vicinity.

"Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Addis Ababa forced to return to Nairobi after it could not land due to bad weather. The pilot says Addis Ababa has temporarily shut down the airport and so we are back to Nairobi," Kenyan journalist Wanjohi Colleta shared. 

File image of Kenya Airways planes. /REUTERS

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