Plane Crashes After Hitting Wildebeests in Maasai Mara

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Nyakundi Report

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Primary source Kenyan Digest archive

This archive report was first published on 16 August 2019.

On Friday, a Safarilink aircraft crash landed at Kichwa Tembo airstrip in Maasai Mara, Kenya, after hitting a group of wildebeests.

According to the airline's management, the accident occurred when a couple of wildebeests ran across the runway as the plane was landing.

Fortunately, all passengers and crew on board the aircraft made it out safely.

The aircraft is currently disabled, and the airline has dispatched other planes to take engineers and staff to the site to assess the situation.

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