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Ghana holds state funeral for helicopter crash victims
XINHUA  |  Aug 16, 2025

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...

KEMRI to conduct free DNA tests for AMREF plane crash victims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 12, 2025

Songok noted that KEMRI’s facilities and expertise would be mobilised immediately to carry out the tests.

AMREF Flying Doctors names victims of Githurai crash, condoles with families
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 09, 2025

AMREF CEO and Accountable Manager Stephen Gitau said the crew were Captain Muthuka Munuve and Captain Brian Kimani Miaro, while medics, Dr Charles Mug...

AMREF aircraft was en route to Somalia to evacuate seriously ill child - CEO
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 08, 2025

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...

Six dead as AMREF aircraft crashes in Mwihoko, Kiambu County
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 07, 2025

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...

Ghana’s Defence, Environment ministers among eight killed in military helicopter crash
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 06, 2025

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,...

KDF probes military plane crash in Kwale that claimed lives of instructor and trainee pilot
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 15, 2025

The Saturday incident involved a Grob 120A aircraft that went down near Mwakijembe Primary School in Mafundani village while on a routine training fli...

Two soldiers killed after military aircraft crashes in Kwale
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 14, 2025

Kwale County Commissioner Stephen Orinde, confirming the incident, noted security authorities are already on the way to the site

MPs grill Transport CS Chirchir over slow release of air crash reports
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

According to CS Chirchir, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) recommends a 12-month window to complete such investigations.

Kenyan pilot in ill-fated cargo plane that crashed in Somalia buried in Nairobi
Hassan Mohamed  |  Mar 24, 2025

His burial was attended by family, friends and colleagues who worked with him at Wilson Airport where he operated.

Tragedy as Kenyan aircraft crashes near Mogadishu killing five people on board
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 23, 2025

The aircraft, operated by Trident Aviation Ltd, had departed from Dhobley and was heading to Aden Abdulle International Airport when it went down.

Two killed in light aircraft crash at Kedong Ranch, Naivasha
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 31, 2025

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) confirmed the crash, which involved a Cessna 185 aircraft, registration 5Y-BVL.

Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash
Reuters  |  Jan 30, 2025

The explosion in midair occurred over the frigid Potomac River near the airport.

At least 174 killed in South Korea’s worst airline disaster since 1997
Reuters  |  Dec 29, 2024

Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae apologised for the accident, bowing deeply during a televised briefing.

At least 62 dead, two crew rescued in fiery South Korean airliner crash at airport
Reuters  |  Dec 29, 2024

Bird strike is among several theories that have not been verified, an official from the transport ministry's aviation department said.

Survivors on crashed Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down
Reuters  |  Dec 28, 2024

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...

Malawi mourns VP Saulos Klaus Chilima amid protests over plane crash response
Reuters  |  Jun 17, 2024

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.

Saulos Klaus Chilima: The Malawi economist who became Vice President
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 11, 2024

Chilima, of Ngoni descent, was born on February 12, 1973, in Ntcheu District, central Malawi. He had a wife, Mary, and two children.

Malawi Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima dies in plane crash
Amina Wako  |  Jun 11, 2024

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...

Malawi Vice-President's plane may have crashed in forest, military says
Reuters  |  Jun 11, 2024

Aviation authorities had failed to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar.

Plane carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima reported missing
Amina Wako  |  Jun 10, 2024

Efforts by aviation authorities to establish contact with the aircraft that went off-radar have been unsuccessful.

Iran approves six candidates to run for president
Reuters  |  Jun 10, 2024

The Council disqualified hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative.

State to establish monument in Marsabit to honour 2006 plane crash victims
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 08, 2024

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...

Politicians banned from using KDF aircraft - Duale
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 30, 2024

The Defence CS said that the military assets will be strictly used for carrying soldiers whose mandate is to safeguard the country.

Team probing Ogolla's death visited chopper manufacturer in US - Duale
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 30, 2024

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...

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi and other world leaders who have died in helicopter crashes
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 20, 2024

They include Mozambique's Samora Machel, Macedonia's Boris Trajkovski, Rwanda’s Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi's President Cyprien Ntaryamira.

Bell helicopters: Aircraft that killed Kenya's General Ogolla, Iran President Raisi
Amina Wako  |  May 20, 2024

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...

"Fearless leader, dedicated servant" Ruto joins world leaders in mourning Iranian President Raisi
Amina Wako  |  May 20, 2024

Ruto described Raisi as a "fearless leader and dedicated public servant with a long and distinguished career in public service."

Iran's Supreme Leader approves Mokhber as interim president, declares 5 days of mourning
Reuters  |  May 20, 2024

Iran now has a maximum period of 50 days before a presidential election must be held to choose Raisi's successor.

Ebrahim Raisi: Iranian President who visited Kenya to forge closer ties with Ruto
Amina Wako  |  May 20, 2024

Raisi, who has previously described Africa as a "continent of opportunities", said he wanted to boost commercial ties with African countries.

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