Kenya: Four Killed In Drugs Plane Crash

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 02 Juli 2014 | 23.11

Four people were killed when a cargo plane crashed moments after taking off at the main airport in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Scene of Nairobi, Kenya plane crash Soldiers at the scene of the crash

The Fokker 50 aircraft, which was loaded with the stimulant Khat, plunged into a residential building.

The pilot, flight engineer and two passengers were killed but police say no-one on the ground was hurt.

Kenyan soldiers stand near wreckage of plane which crashed in Nairobi It's thought the plane may have hit an electrical pole

The plane took off from Joshua Nkomo International Airport at 4.15am and two minutes later radioed the control tower to say it was struggling to gain height.

Preliminary investigations found it may have hit an electrical pole before coming down in the Embakasi area.

Police and firefighters at the scene of Nairobi plane crash Police and firefighters sift through the wreckage

No other details were immediately available on the possible cause of the crash.

The plane was transporting the Khat to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

Firemen and rescuers at the scene of Nairobi plane crash An inquiry has begun to find out the cause of the crash

Khat is popular in parts of the Middle East and Africa but is banned in the UK and most other EU countries.

In the US it is classified as a dangerous narcotic. Users chew the leaf to produce a mild high.


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