The tragic air accident just before the capital Kenya on Thursday claimed six lives, after a medical evacuation aircraft belonging to flying doctors Amref plunged into a residential area in the Kiamba region, which borders Nairobi.
The Kenyan Red Cross confirmed the incident and said the rescue teams were quickly deployed to the crash site. Military and police staff also responded quickly and secured the area in the middle of burning debris and scattered remnants. Eyewitnesses reported that they heard a loud explosion, followed by a fire ball, and the view of the fragments raining above the roofs in the suburbs of Githurai.
The aircraft, a medium -sized XLS citation aircraft operated by flying doctors AMREF, took off from Nairobi and was on the way to Hargeis, the capital of the Somaliland Republic. The Air Ambulance Provider stated in its statement that it fully cooperates with the air authorities and emergency services to determine the cause of the accident. It did not publish the number of victims or speculated about the cause, but he made sure that more information would be published at the right time.
Initially, the confusion was surrounded by the incident, with the Kenyan Red Cross, a previously incorrect report of the aircraft as a helicopter. However, AMREF later explained the type and route of the aircraft.
The local media outlet of the star reported a quick and coordinated reaction of the authorities, while the emergency services quickly arrived at Cordon from the scene and began to try to recover.
Although the accident involving light aircraft is relatively common in the region, this latest tragedy has raised renewed fears about flight safety. In April last year, the Kenius Military Chief was among the 10 people killed in a military helicopter accident shortly after takeoff.
Kenyan government officials still have to issue a formal statement of the last accident.
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