NAIROBI, June 6, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Rescue teams on Wednesday were looking
for a small plane with 10 people on board that went missing north of the
Kenyan capital Nairobi, the aircraft owners and the national disaster agency
said.
The plane, operated by East African Safari Air Express, took off from the
western town of Kitale in the late afternoon Tuesday.
It disappeared off the radar screens at Nairobi international airport, its
final destination, around 80 minutes later, the owners, Sax, said in a
statement.
Searchers on the ground were being helped by a police helicopter, focussing
on an area about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Nairobi, on the western
fringe of the Aberdare mountains.
The search was hampered by poor visibility in rainy conditions, officials
said.