Plane crash Kenya
Date: Thursday 7 August 2025
Time: c. 14:20 LT
Type: Cessna 560XL Citation XLS
Owner/operator: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Registration: 5Y-FDM
MSN: 560-5674
Fatalities: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Narrative:
An AMREF Cessna 560XL Citation XLS crashed in a residential area in Mwihoko, Githurai 45 area, Kiambu County.
Initial information suggests four occupants died in the crash, as well as two persons on the ground and the aircraft was destroyed.
The flight took off from runway 14 at Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya at 14:12 LT (11:12 UTC). About five minutes later, the aircraft entered a high rate of descent and impacted terrain about 22 km northeast of the airport.
Sources:
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/534928
https://citizen.digital/news/two-killed-others-injured-as-amref-aircraft-crashes-in-mwihoko-kiambu-county-n367602
https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/598838-nairobi-military-chopper-crashes-mwihoko/
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-08-07-crashed-light-aircraft-was-headed-for-somalia
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=04c20b&lat=-1.283&lon=36.856&zoom=12.4&showTrace=2025-08-07&trackLabels
https://cdn.plnspttrs.net/10778/5y-fdm-african-medical-and-research-foundation-amref-cessna-560xl-citation-xls_PlanespottersNet_1643811_a878ce4520_o.jpg (photo)