| Date: | Sunday 23 May 2004 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Let L-410UVP-E3 |
| Owner/operator: | Blue Bird Aviation |
| Registration: | 5Y-VVD |
| MSN: | 872009 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Walter M-601E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km S of Mwingi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) |
| Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ/HCMM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Let 410 departed Nairobi at 06:52 on a cargo flight to Somalia. The airplane, which carried 55 bags of miraa (khat) weighing 1,500 kilogrammes, crashed in an open field after colliding in flight with Let 410 5Y-VVA (msn 962633). The latter landed safely, although damaged.
Sources:
Daily Nation
The Standard
Location
Images:
photo (c) Vaclav Kudela; Ostrava-Mosnov Airport (OSR); 05 August 2002
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