{"id":82,"date":"2025-10-28T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/?p=82"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:41:06","slug":"tourist-plane-crash-in-kenya-kills-11-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/tourist-plane-crash-in-kenya-kills-11-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist Plane Crash In Kenya Kills 11 Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tourist Plane Crash In Kenya Kills 11 Persons<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Ten European tourists and a local pilot were killed in a plane crash near Kenya’s coast, according to officials.<\/p>\n

According to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA),<\/a> the plane crashed around 5:30 local time (02:30 GMT) while travelling from the well-known beach resort of Diani to an airstrip in the renowned Maasai Mara game area.<\/p>\n

Eight Hungarians, two Germans, and a Kenyan pilot were all killed in the disaster, according to Mombasa Air Safari.<\/p>\n

“Our primary focus right now is on providing all possible support to the families affected,” it added in a statement.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Images of the plane in flames with debris strewn at the accident site have been released by local media.<\/p>\n

The plane crashed approximately 10 kilometres (six miles) from Kwale town after taking off from Diani, the Kwale County Commissioner, Stephen Orinde, told the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was en route to Kichwa Tembo, a Maasai Mara airstrip that attracts tourists due of its animals.<\/p>\n

“The passengers were all tourists,” Orinde said.<\/p>\n

He stated that the crash’s cause was still under investigation, though he speculated that inclement weather might have played a role.<\/p>\n

“At the moment, the weather is not great here. We are unable to avoid [the findings] because it is raining and quite hazy since early in the morning,” Orinde stated.<\/p>\n

In August, a light aircraft belonging to the medical charity Amref crashed on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, killing six people and injuring two others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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