INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Aerial search teams spotted the wreckage of the single turboprop engine aircraft
(Representational)Nairobi, Kenya: The wreckage of a small passenger plane which disappeared late on Tuesday
while flying to Kenya's capital Nairobi has been found, a senior government official said on Thursday.The Cessna Caravan plane, operated by
local firm FlySax, lost contact with control towers minutes before it was scheduled to land at Jomo Kenyatta International airport while
flying from Kitale, a farming town in the west.Aerial search teams spotted the wreckage of the single turboprop engine aircraft, which was
carrying eight passengers and two pilots, atop the Aberdare Range, a mountain in central Kenya, said Paul Maringa, principal secretary at
the ministry of transport."A ground team of military specialists in mountain rescue operations has been dispatched to the site," Maringa
told a news conference, adding it was located on a densely forested cliff on the mountain.He did not give any information on the fate of
those who were aboard or the cause of the crash
Images on local television news showed the plane was completely destroyed upon impact.The search and rescue efforts were being hampered by
bad weather in the area, including dense fog that limited visibility, Maringa said, urging the public to be patient.Local air travel has
grown in recent years as the economy has expanded and national flag carrier Kenya Airways launched a low-cost domestic carrier called
JamboJet in 2014.© Thomson Reuters 2018(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is
published from a syndicated feed.)
