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| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo |
| Owner/operator: | The 82 (Kenyan) Air Force |
| Registration: | 2.. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Mitunguu, Meru -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mitunguu airfield |
Mid-air collision between French Air Force Mirage F.1C from EC30 and two Kenya Air Force Buffaloes just after take-off.
(1) Seven killed when two Kenyan military planes collided shortly after take-off from a military airfeld near Meru and crashed in flames, reported by Kenya newspapers 8 JUL.
Sources:
Flight International 14 May 1988, p42
Flight International 28 November 1987, p67
Scramble
(1) Weser-Kurier 9 July 1987, p14
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2013 13:18 | TB | Added |
| 17-Feb-2013 09:38 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2017 15:41 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Feb-2017 15:46 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 30-Aug-2020 18:05 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2025 05:45 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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