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| Date: | Monday 13 July 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD 500E (369E) |
| Owner/operator: | Kenyan Defense Force |
| Registration: | 539 |
| MSN: | 0464E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kanyonga, Masinga Sub County, Machakos -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A KDF McDonnell Douglas MD 500E (369E) crashed during a training flight. Both crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/55260-2-die-after-kenya-air-force-plane-crashes-machakos
https://www.kdrtv.co.ke/news/breaking-2-people-dead-after-kdf-plane-crashes-in-machakos/
https://www.kbc.co.ke/kenya-army-helicopter-crashes-in-machakos/
https://intelligencebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/50-acb-md-500.jpg (photo)
Media:
Video of crashed helicopter pic.twitter.com/5EUK92EY0X
— Kenya Alerts (@kenyanspider) July 13, 2020
Kenya Army helicopter on training flight crashes in Kithyoko; Machakos Sub-county police boss Karanja Muiruri says 2 KDF officers have died. pic.twitter.com/ZOU36m0wYb
— Augustine Sang 🇰🇪 (@Sang_254) July 13, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2020 11:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Jul-2020 11:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jul-2020 11:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jul-2020 12:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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