AMREF plane crash Stories
Eyewitnesses said the aircraft was seen emitting smoke from one side and that they heard engine noises moments before it came crashing down in a high-...
Kenya, being the country where the aircraft was registered, operated and where the accident took place, is required to notify the countries responsibl...
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said at the funeral that the accident is a disaster that has cast a shadow over the heart of Ghana, bringing a...
Songok noted that KEMRI’s facilities and expertise would be mobilised immediately to carry out the tests.
AMREF CEO and Accountable Manager Stephen Gitau said the crew were Captain Muthuka Munuve and Captain Brian Kimani Miaro, while medics, Dr Charles Mug...
KCAA said that the Cessna Citation XLS, registration 5Y-FDM, lost radio and radar contact with Air Traffic Control at 2:17 pm, approximately three min...
KCAA confirmed that the light aircraft that crashed in the Mwihoko area earlier this afternoon lost both radio and radar contact with Air Traffic Cont...
The accident occurred as the ministers and other officials were travelling aboard a Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter from the capital, Accra, to Obuasi,...
The Saturday incident involved a Grob 120A aircraft that went down near Mwakijembe Primary School in Mafundani village while on a routine training fli...
Kwale County Commissioner Stephen Orinde, confirming the incident, noted security authorities are already on the way to the site
According to CS Chirchir, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) recommends a 12-month window to complete such investigations.
His burial was attended by family, friends and colleagues who worked with him at Wilson Airport where he operated.
The aircraft, operated by Trident Aviation Ltd, had departed from Dhobley and was heading to Aden Abdulle International Airport when it went down.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) confirmed the crash, which involved a Cessna 185 aircraft, registration 5Y-BVL.
The explosion in midair occurred over the frigid Potomac River near the airport.
Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae apologised for the accident, bowing deeply during a televised briefing.
Bird strike is among several theories that have not been verified, an official from the transport ministry's aviation department said.
The crash has underscored the risks to civil aviation even when aircraft are flying hundreds of miles from a war zone, especially when a major drone w...
Chilima, 51, was laid to rest in his village of Nsipe in the district of Ntcheu, about 160 km (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Lilongwe.
Chilima, of Ngoni descent, was born on February 12, 1973, in Ntcheu District, central Malawi. He had a wife, Mary, and two children.
Chilima, along with nine others lost their lives after the military plane they were travelling in crashed in Chikangawa Forest in Mzimba in the northe...
Aviation authorities had failed to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar.
Efforts by aviation authorities to establish contact with the aircraft that went off-radar have been unsuccessful.
The Council disqualified hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative.
In a statement, the National Heroes Council announced their intent to create a monument in the county to honour all those who perished to preserve the...
The Defence CS said that the military assets will be strictly used for carrying soldiers whose mandate is to safeguard the country.
The remains of the helicopter have been taken to the manufacturer, Bell Textron Inc. company in the US to determine the cause of the crash that killed...
They include Mozambique's Samora Machel, Macedonia's Boris Trajkovski, Rwanda’s Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi's President Cyprien Ntaryamira.
It is worth noting that Bell Helicopter also produced the Bell Huey II helicopter, the model in the crash that killed Kenya's top general, Francis Ogo...
Ruto described Raisi as a "fearless leader and dedicated public servant with a long and distinguished career in public service."
