ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146224
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| Date: | 10-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | ca 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil |
| Operator: | Kenya Police Air Wing |
| Registration: | 5Y-CDT |
| C/n / msn: | 7238 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ngong Hills, near Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | WIL/HKNW |
| Homa Bay |
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:
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/index.php?videoID=2000058272&video_title=Scene-of-plane-crash-that-killed-two-Kenyan-Ministers
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-06/10/c_131643166.htm
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/06/4-dead-in-kenya-police-helicopter-crash/
http://english.cntv.cn/20120610/106653.shtml
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/0/5/2085504.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 84.159.164.162 | 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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