ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319262
| Date: | Sunday 5 January 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B300 King Air 350 |
| Owner/operator: | L3 Technologies |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Manda Bay-Camp Simba Air Base -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The airplane was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Shabab fighters. Both pilots died and the airplane was destroyed. A third occupant, badly burnt, managed to escape.
Sources:
NY Times
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