US EditionKenya Medical Plane Crash Kills Six After Ghana Helicopter Disaster
KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA, AUG 7 – The crash killed all four on board, including the pilot and two medical crew, and two residents on the ground, with two others seriously injured, officials said.
- On August 7, 2025, AMREF Flying Doctors confirmed a medical evacuation aircraft crashed into a residential building near Nairobi, killing at least six people shortly after takeoff from Wilson Airport.
- Investigators have been dispatched to the scene to establish its cause, as AMREF Flying Doctors works closely with the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority after radio contact was lost within minutes of takeoff.
- Rescue teams from the Kenya Red Cross and county emergency services sifted through wreckage, with Kiambu County commissioner Henry Wafula saying, 'We have lost four people, including the pilot... it was all fatal.'
- In a statement, AMREF CEO Stephen Gitau said AMREF is cooperating fully with aviation and emergency response teams to establish the facts and is prioritising support for affected families while asking for patience as the situation develops.
- This tragedy followed a fatal helicopter crash in Ghana that claimed eight lives, after a military helicopter crash in April 2024 killed Kenya’s defence chief and nine colleagues shortly after departure from the same airport.
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August 7, 2025 – Nairobi – EFE. A total of six people lost their lives on Thursday after a plane from the non-governmental organization Amref crashed in the vicinity of Nairobi. The flight was headed for Somaliland region, a secessionist area of Somalia. The aircraft, a Cessna Citation XLS model, took off from Wilson Airport, located in the capital of Kenya, at 14:17 local time, as specified by Amref in a brief official statement about the event…
Kenya plane crash: 6 killed as AMREF air ambulance crashes into residential area; victims include residents on ground
At least six people died Thursday when a medical evacuation plane operated by AMREF Flying Doctors crashed into a residential neighborhood just outside Nairobi.The aircraft, a Cessna Citation XLS jet, had taken off from an airport in Nairobi and was en route to Somaliland when it went down in Mwihoko, a neighborhood in Kiambu County, which borders the capital. Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula confirmed that four people on board the plane …
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