News broke on Wednesday morning that a plane had crashed near Makutano forest in Londiani on Wednesday morning killing all five passengers on board.
The chartered plane, which was operated by Safari Link, was ferrying foreign tourists from the Maasai Mara Game Reserve to Lodwar in Turkana County. Four of the passengers were foreigners who are yet to be identified and a local pilot.
It is believed that the plane crashed into a tree after developing mechanical problems. Locals gathered around the scene of the accident, trying to save people but did not succeed.
Even though the cause of crash is yet to be revealed. There are already conspiracy theories that it could have been a very old plane which should have been disposed long time ago.
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LIGHT A plane crash:in Makutano Forest Londiani Kericho County has killed 5 people,4 Pink foreigners and a local pilot.This is the second accident to involve a Cessna aircraft.
KCAA doesn’t have regulations on disposal of this old Cessna planes.
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— Hon:Abdiweli Ahmed Duale (@duale_abdiweli) February 13, 2019
The Cessna models have been in production since 1964. It is not clear when the Kenyan Plane was manufactured but it should be an angle authorities will look into.