Safarilink De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 (5Y-SLK) was damaged after colliding mid-air with a Cessna 172 shortly after take-off from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport in Kenya.
The Cessna 172 was operated by Ninety-Nines Flying School and crashed in the game park about 10km (six miles) from the airport.
Safarilink Aviation reported that this morning at 9:45 Local Time our flight number 053 with 39 passengers and 5 crew on board headed to Diani experienced a loud bang soon after take-off.
The airline issued this statement:
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- Source: https://worldairlinenews.com/2024/03/05/safarilink-bombardier-dhc-8-300-dash-8-was-involved-in-a-midair-collision-with-a-cessna-172-which-crashed/
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