Date: | Monday 10 April 2006 |
Time: | 10:00 |
Type: | Harbin Y-12-II |
Owner/operator: | Kenya Air Force - KAF |
Registration: | 132 |
MSN: | 0098 ? |
Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1032 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 17 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Marsabit -
Kenya
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nairobi-Eastleigh Air Base (HKRE) |
Destination airport: | Marsabit Airport (RBT/HKMB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Air Force Y-12 departed Nairobi, carrying a.o. six MPs and a bishop who were on a mission to negotiate peace between warring clans in the Marsabit area.
On approach the airplane flew into the side of the cloud/shrouded foothills of Mount Marsabit.
Sources:
14 killed in plane crash (The Standard, 10-4-2006)
Govt blames crash on bad weather (The Nation, 10-4-2006)
Kenya: Aircraft Firm, Military Experts Probe Crash (The East African Standard, 12-4-2006)
Reuters
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