Four killed in tourist plane crash

Sunday, 23 Aug, 2012 0

Four people have been killed in a plane crash in Kenya’s Masai Mara national park.

Two Kenyan pilots and two German tourists were killed in the aircraft carrying 11 passengers, reported news agency AFP.

Three others were seriously injured, police said.

An official said the plane crashed soon after take-off from the Ngerede airstrip.

Small propeller planes are often used to transport tourists to the Masai Mara national park.

The plane was a light aircraft owned by Mombasa Air Safari, according to Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper.

 

By Diane Evans



 

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