Plane with 12 on board crashes near Kenya’s coast
A plane with 12 people on board crashed in Kwale, near the Kenyan coast, air authorities said.
It was flying from the coastal town of Diani to a wildlife park resort, Kichwa Tembo, before crashing at 5:30 a.m. local time (02:30 GMT), a statement from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said.
A news site quotes police as saying tourists were on board. Kenyan media published images of the plane in flames on the ground with debris scattered at the crash site.
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The KCAA said government agencies were already on site to determine the cause of the accident and assess its impact.
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