Our team will visit the site and make a report,” Mr Martyn Lunani, the director and chief investigator of accidents at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department, told the Mr Lunani’s team is travelling to Somalia amid a rise in air accidents involving Kenyan pilots and aircraft, with the latest being a fatal crash of a Kenya Defence Forces helicopter at Kanyonga in Masinga, Machakos County.After the Somalia crash, the pilot, Captain Farah Ahmed, and First Officer, Shukri Farah, both Kenyans, were flown back to Nairobi. "The aircraft was about to land at the Bardale airstrip when it crashed and burst into flames," Abdulahi Isack, a police official, is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.It had flown from Mogadishu to Baidoa and then continued to Bardale town before crashing.The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority says it lost contact with the plane at around 16:20 local time (13:20 GMT) - but did not know the exact time of the crash. Our team will visit the site and make a report,” Mr Martyn Lunani, the director and chief investigator of accidents at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department, told the Nation on Thursday. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3 Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. In 2014, a military plane crashed in Somalia in what officials termed as a crash due to technical problems. Newspaper is your news, entertainment, music & fashion website. These are external links and will open in a new windowSomalia is investigating how a private Kenyan plane with coronavirus medical supplies crashed near the city of Baidoa, killing all six on board.Police say the African Express aircraft crashed in flames just before it was due to land in Bardale on Monday.Officials say the crash's cause is not clear but there has been speculation it might have been shot down.Kenya's foreign affairs ministry says its investigators have been invited to join the Somali inquiry.The crew was made up of two Kenyan and four Somali nationals.The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has a presence in the area of Bardale, but the town and its airfield are held by Somali government soldiers and Ethiopian troops who are part of the African Union force in the country.Ethiopia's defence spokesperson has denied its forces had any involvement in the incident in Bardale, which is about 300km (180 miles) north-west of the capital, Mogadishu.Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed, a former Somali defence minister, is quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that he had spoken to a witness at the airfield who said the plane appeared to have been shot down.Kenya's foreign ministry has urged Kenyans and other humanitarian aircraft operating in the region to take precautions "in light of the unclear circumstances surrounding the incident". In Africa,... FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUPA Sh500 million Kenyan plane crashed in Somalia after rogue donkeys got onto the runaway during landing.Preliminary reports from the Somali Civil Aviation Authority indicate a number of the beasts were grazing on shrubs close to the runway when they got frightened by the landing aircraft and dashed towards the flight path.The plane took an unusual altitude and swerved off the runaway before crashing into heaps of sand on the flight strip.The crash happened last week and air crash investigators flew to Somalia to investigate what transpired.After the Somalia incident, the pilot, captain Farah Ahmed and first officer Shukri Farah, both Kenyans, were flown back to Nairobi.The captain, first officer and another passenger did not sustain any injuries during the incident.The plane, registered in Kenya as 5Y-VVU and operated by Blue Bird Aviation had been contracted by the UN to deliver foodstuff and other humanitarian supplies to Beledwyene in central Somalia.“The black box and other recorders were retrieved from the wreckage and will be flown to Nairobi for processing during investigations,” Maj-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo, Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia, told the Nation.Officials said the plane, a Fokker, had flown in with the goods from Djibouti.But as it approached the murram runway of the local airstrip in Somalia, it encountered the animals, which interrupted the landing order.The 28-year-old Blue Bird Aviation has a fleet of more than 21 planes, making it the second-largest carrier ahead of national carrier Kenya Airways. Reports indicate that the plane belonging to Kenya Defense Forces came down after delivering supplies to AMISOM troupes.
Our team will visit the site and make a report,” Mr Martyn Lunani, the director and chief investigator of accidents at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department, told the Mr Lunani’s team is travelling to Somalia amid a rise in air accidents involving Kenyan pilots and aircraft, with the latest being a fatal crash of a Kenya Defence Forces helicopter at Kanyonga in Masinga, Machakos County.After the Somalia crash, the pilot, Captain Farah Ahmed, and First Officer, Shukri Farah, both Kenyans, were flown back to Nairobi. "The aircraft was about to land at the Bardale airstrip when it crashed and burst into flames," Abdulahi Isack, a police official, is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.It had flown from Mogadishu to Baidoa and then continued to Bardale town before crashing.The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority says it lost contact with the plane at around 16:20 local time (13:20 GMT) - but did not know the exact time of the crash. Our team will visit the site and make a report,” Mr Martyn Lunani, the director and chief investigator of accidents at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department, told the Nation on Thursday. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3 Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. In 2014, a military plane crashed in Somalia in what officials termed as a crash due to technical problems. Newspaper is your news, entertainment, music & fashion website. These are external links and will open in a new windowSomalia is investigating how a private Kenyan plane with coronavirus medical supplies crashed near the city of Baidoa, killing all six on board.Police say the African Express aircraft crashed in flames just before it was due to land in Bardale on Monday.Officials say the crash's cause is not clear but there has been speculation it might have been shot down.Kenya's foreign affairs ministry says its investigators have been invited to join the Somali inquiry.The crew was made up of two Kenyan and four Somali nationals.The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has a presence in the area of Bardale, but the town and its airfield are held by Somali government soldiers and Ethiopian troops who are part of the African Union force in the country.Ethiopia's defence spokesperson has denied its forces had any involvement in the incident in Bardale, which is about 300km (180 miles) north-west of the capital, Mogadishu.Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed, a former Somali defence minister, is quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that he had spoken to a witness at the airfield who said the plane appeared to have been shot down.Kenya's foreign ministry has urged Kenyans and other humanitarian aircraft operating in the region to take precautions "in light of the unclear circumstances surrounding the incident". In Africa,... FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUPA Sh500 million Kenyan plane crashed in Somalia after rogue donkeys got onto the runaway during landing.Preliminary reports from the Somali Civil Aviation Authority indicate a number of the beasts were grazing on shrubs close to the runway when they got frightened by the landing aircraft and dashed towards the flight path.The plane took an unusual altitude and swerved off the runaway before crashing into heaps of sand on the flight strip.The crash happened last week and air crash investigators flew to Somalia to investigate what transpired.After the Somalia incident, the pilot, captain Farah Ahmed and first officer Shukri Farah, both Kenyans, were flown back to Nairobi.The captain, first officer and another passenger did not sustain any injuries during the incident.The plane, registered in Kenya as 5Y-VVU and operated by Blue Bird Aviation had been contracted by the UN to deliver foodstuff and other humanitarian supplies to Beledwyene in central Somalia.“The black box and other recorders were retrieved from the wreckage and will be flown to Nairobi for processing during investigations,” Maj-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo, Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia, told the Nation.Officials said the plane, a Fokker, had flown in with the goods from Djibouti.But as it approached the murram runway of the local airstrip in Somalia, it encountered the animals, which interrupted the landing order.The 28-year-old Blue Bird Aviation has a fleet of more than 21 planes, making it the second-largest carrier ahead of national carrier Kenya Airways. Reports indicate that the plane belonging to Kenya Defense Forces came down after delivering supplies to AMISOM troupes.