Light aircraft crashes in Solio ranch

March 52010

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http://www.ntv.co.keA pilot survived narrowly today when a light Kenya Wildlife Service aircraft crashed in Nyeri. The KWS pilot Captain Kenneth Mwiti sustained minor injuries after the plane he was flying crashed at the expansive Solio ranch in Nyeri.***** The pilot, was conducting aerial surveillance of wildlife at the ranch when the plane came down.The pilot was rushed to Nanyuki cottage hospital before he was transferred to armed forces memorial hospital in Nairobi with fractured limbs.Nyeri OCPD Kirunya Limbitu said the plane had flown from Mweiga airstrip in Nyeri and was on the wildlife surveillance before heading to the Nanyuki airstrip, when the accident occurred.

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3 Responses

  1. tyty1794 Says:

    @karuitha Are you …
    @karuitha Are you against watu kukondolea macho hatari ? How else will we know what is dangerous ?

  2. siasabora Says:

    @K: hopefully this …
    @K: hopefully this pilot wz fully licensed/certified to fly planes not KWS L/Cruisers.

  3. karuitha Says:

    now if this was in …
    now if this was in Nairobi people would be all over the crash scene but at least here, the fence kept them at bay and let the professionals deal with the incident. 2 very contrasting scenerios. At least there were no casulties.

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