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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A plane headed to Nairobi from Ukunda on Tuesday evening, June 15, crashed at the Tsavo East National Park.<\/p>\n

The pilot tried to make an emergency landing after the plane developed mechanical challenges mid-air.<\/p>\n

One of the wings hit a tree, causing the plane to lose balance and crash-land.<\/p>\n

According to the police, none of the two occupants in the small aircraft was injured.<\/p>\n

The accident comes a few days after two people lost their lives on May 31 after their Cessna 172 crashed at Vuria Hills at Taita Taveta County.<\/p>\n

Two staff badges belonging to Dr. Athman Lugogo, a doctor from Makueni County Referral Hospital, and pilot Esther Kamande from Kenya Airports Authority were recovered from the crash site<\/p>\n

The plane slammed into a cliff at Muanda, Vuria Hill. Poor visibility caused by heavy fog was determined to be the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n

On January 12, several Kenya Defence Forces personnel died after a military aircraft crashed at Irima Hill at Tsavo East National Park.<\/p>\n

Kenya Wildlife Services officials at the scene indicated that the aircraft could have crashed due to poor weather or mechanical complications.<\/p>\n

The aircraft, a Harbin Y-12, had taken off from Moi Airbase, Eastleigh in Nairobi in the morning hours headed to Voi over an undisclosed mission.<\/p>\n

Two soldiers were critically injured when their aircraft crashed in Taita Hills when it developed mechanical problems on March 30, 2018.<\/p>\n

The soldiers in the single-engined KAF 720 Kenya Airforce fixed-wing aircraft were on a training mission when the crash happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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