Date: | Sunday 17 December 2023 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Government of Kenya |
Registration: | 5Y-GOK |
MSN: | 208B2278 |
Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kiunga Airstrip (KIU) - Kenya |
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Kiunga Airstrip (KIU) |
Nairobi | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 5Y-GOK, hit electricity wires and crashed in a coconut palm plantation after takeoff from Kiunga Airstrip, Kenya. The aircraft caught fire, but all 10 occupants escaped.https://t.co/kDJ9jhCsCLpic.twitter.com/6qVgC0pnaa
— Aviation Safety Network (ASN) (@AviationSafety) December 17, 2023
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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17-Dec-2023 16:39 | RonKC | Added |
17-Dec-2023 16:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
17-Dec-2023 17:35 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
17-Dec-2023 17:58 | harro | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
17-Dec-2023 18:04 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Embed code] |
17-Dec-2023 18:07 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |