This archive report was first published on 28 October 2019.
On October 28, 2019, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) began conducting an audit on Silverstone Air Services in response to a series of air incidents and a recent accident involving the airline's planes.
A plane belonging to Silverstone Air was forced to make an emergency landing at Eldoret International Airport on Monday morning after a tyre fell off during take-off, according to reports.
Just 24 hours prior, a Silverstone aircraft hit and damaged another plane at the Wilson Airport in Nairobi on Sunday morning.
Two weeks earlier, the airline made headlines after one of its planes skidded off the runway and crash landed shortly after take-off at Wilson Airport.
According to a statement issued by KCAA, the investigation of the incidents and accident is being conducted by the Air Accident Investigation Department (AAID) of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works.
“The audit is being performed in order to determine the level of compliance with the current Civil Aviation regulations and their own company approved manuals and procedures,” said KCAA Director General Capt. Gilbert Kibe.
