A woman was rushed to hospital after news about her son who perished in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash hit her, the second son to die from plane crash.
The Sunday Ethiopian Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash claimed the widow’s youngest son, Cosmas Kipng’etich Rogony.
The news caused the aging woman shock. She ended up at Siloam Hospital.
Kipng’etich’s death occurred 19 years after the death of her other son Richard Rogony, a Kenya Airways crew member who in January 30, 2000 died in the Airbus A310 crash in Ivory Coast.
The victim’s elder brother, Philip Mason, said the family received the news with profound sadness.
“We don’t even know how to break the news to the other elderly family members. This is because the death of Cosmas comes 19 years after his brother Richard died in the Ivory Coast plane crash,” said Eng Mason.
Mason, who is also the Kericho Agriculture Executive, said Kipng’etich was a medical engineer and was in Ethiopia to oversee the installation of medical equipment.
“My brother had been in Ethiopia for the last two weeks installing medical equipment. His job took him to many African countries,” he said.
Kipng’etich’s hard work was evident through the construction of a modern house for his ageing mother.
“He was a dependable family member who didn’t mind sharing his resources to assist the less fortunate family members,” said Mason.
Kipng’etich, who was in his early 30s, studied Biomedical Engineering at Technical University of Mombasa after sitting his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) at Taita Towett Secondary School.