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5 killed as light aircraft crashes in Kenya

The wreck of the ill-fated plane that crashed in Londiani on February 13, 2019. PHOTO | COURTESY

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By  Daily Nation

A light aircraft has crashed near Makutano Forest in Londiani, Kericho County in the west of the Kenyan Rift Valley, killing all passengers on board.

Kenya National Police Airwing Commander Rodgers Mbithi on Wednesday confirmed to the Nation that all the five occupants of the Cessna 206-5Y BSE had perished.

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