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Two injured as light aircraft crashes in Nairobi

Xinhua, September 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least two people were injured after aircraft crashed within Ngong in the outskirts of Nairobi on Monday.

Ngong Criminal Investigation Department Commander Richard Bittok said a trainer and his instructor were injured in the 10:00 am incident involving Cessna 152 aircraft registration 5Y-NNC belonging to Ninety-Nines Flying School.

"Both have been collected by flying doctors to the hospital but they are in good condition," said Bittock.

The two had taken off from Wilson Airport for training sessions when the plane went down few minutes later. Police said the two were later picked up to hospital after the plane overturned at a maize field.

The latest incident comes days after four officers were injured after a brand-new Agusta Westland 139 police helicopter crashed in Nairobi's Mathare slums.

The chopper, which was unveiled in April at the National Police Service Airwing, was badly damaged. Police said the four officers on board were on routine patrols in the city when the incident happened.

On Sept. 8, a woman was killed and five others injured when a light aircraft burst into flames after taking off at the Naivasha airstrip. Endit