A small aircraft travelling from Kenya’s coastal region crashed on Tuesday, leaving all 12 people on board feared dead, according to the country’s aviation authorities.
The ill-fated plane was heading to Kichwa Tembo, a private airstrip within the Maasai Mara National Park, from the popular tourist destination of Diani when it went down around 5:30 a.m. local time (0230 GMT).
“The aircraft had 12 persons on board,” the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) confirmed in a statement.
While no additional details were provided, the agency noted that government rescue and investigation teams had already arrived at the crash site to determine the cause of the incident.
The tragedy comes just months after a light aircraft owned by the medical NGO Amref crashed near Nairobi in August, resulting in six deaths and leaving two others injured.
