Accident Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil 5Y-CDT,
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Date:Sunday 10 June 2012
Time:c. 08:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Kenya Police Air Wing
Registration: 5Y-CDT
MSN: 7238
Year of manufacture:2011
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Ngong Hills, near Nairobi -   Kenya
Phase: En route
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:WIL/HKNW
Destination airport:Homa Bay
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Kenya Police Air Wing Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil helicopter crashed into the Kibiku forest on the Ngong Hills just outside Nairobi.
Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security George Saitoti and his permanent secretary Orwa Ojode are among the six casualties; the others are the two pilots and two police bodyguards.

Sources:

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnhome/video/watch/2000058272/Scene-of-plane-crash-that-killed-two-Kenyan-Ministers
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-06/10/c_131643166.htm
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/06/4-dead-in-kenya-police-helicopter-crash/
http://english.cntv.cn/20120610/106653.shtml

http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/0/5/2085504.jpg (photo)


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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jun-2012 02:30 harro Added
10-Jun-2012 03:19 harro Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport]
10-Jun-2012 03:25 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 05:16 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 07:09 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Embed code, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 09:43 Anon. Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 10:13 RobertMB Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 18:20 Geno Updated [Source, Embed code]
11-Jun-2012 11:01 samburu78 Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
11-Jun-2012 11:02 harro Updated [Embed code, Narrative]

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