US Edition6 Killed in Air Ambulance Crash Just Outside Kenya's Capital
MWIHOKO, KIAMBU COUNTY, AUG 7 – The Cessna Citation 560, carrying two crew and two medics, crashed and caught fire, killing two people as emergency teams responded, officials said.
- A light aircraft operated by Phoenix Aviation under AMREF Flying Doctors service crashed into a residential building in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, killing two and injuring two on August 7, 2025.
- According to officials, the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers at around 12:17 pm after departing Wilson Airport en route to Hargeisa, Somalia, and investigations are ongoing.
- Firefighters from Ruiru Town arrived and extinguished the fire after the Cessna Citation 560 burst into flames around 2 pm in Mwihoko area, Kiambu County.
- The medical charity called on the public to exercise patience, with Stephen Gitau saying, 'At this time, we are cooperating fully with relevant aviation authorities and emergency response teams to establish the facts surrounding the situation.'
- Githurai 45 Sub-county Police Commander Maurice Odanga confirmed aviation and security experts are investigating, highlighting that crashes involving light aircraft are relatively common in eastern Africa and Kenya.
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Kenyan Air-Ambulance Crashes in Nairobi Suburb - teleSUR English
Six people were killed on Thursday when an AMREF Flying Doctors air-ambulance crashed into the crowded Mwihoko neighborhood of Githurai, northeast of Nairobi, shortly after departing from Wilson Airport. The aircraft, a Cessna Citation XLS, was en route to Hargeisa in Somaliland on a medical evacuation mission. It vanished from radar just three minutes after its 2:14 p.m. takeoff, prompting immediate concern from aviation authorities. Kiambu Cou…
The organization Amref Flying Doctors takes doctors by plane all over Africa where they are needed. Patients are also flown from clinic to clinic. However, a transport goes seriously wrong, the Cessna crashes.
Air ambulance helicopter crashes into residential area near Kenya's Nairobi, 6 dead
A Cessna Citation XLS jet operated by AMREF Flying Doctors crashed in Kiambu County, Kenya, claiming six lives. Authorities responded quickly to the scene, and the cause of the crash is under investigation.
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