NAIROBI, Kenya – A small commercial plane has crashed while taking off from an airport in Kenya’s capital but domestic carrier Silverstone Air says all passengers and crew have safely disembarked.
It is not immediately clear how many people were on board when the crash occurred Friday morning at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
Local media have reported some injuries as passengers were being evacuated from the scene.
Silverstone Air confirmed the incident via tweet Friday, saying its Fokker 50 turboprop had "an incident" while taking off from Wilson Airport at 9 a.m. local time. The plane was headed for the coastal city of Mombasa.
The airline says in a statement it is working with the authorities to assess the situation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2019/10/11/kenyan-commercial-flight-crashes-during-takeoff-all-aboard-safe/3941493002/
2019-10-11 12:42:00Z
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