This archive report was first published on 3 November 2019.
On November 2, 2019, a police helicopter with registration 5Y-SFA (Mil Mi-17 Hip) crashed meters away from the Wilson Airport runway in Nairobi, Kenya, after experiencing mechanical issues during landing.
The helicopter had two crew members on board, including a chief inspector attached to the Kenya Police Airwing and a flight engineer, but fortunately, neither was injured in the incident.
According to sources at the Wilson Airport, the police chopper had landed from Garissa county and was cleared for takeoff hours later after a safety check was conducted.
This incident occurred just five days after a Safarilink plane skidded off the runway at Wilson Airport on landing from Lamu, and a day after a Silverstone Air plane made an emergency landing at the Eldoret International Airport due to a lost rear tyre during takeoff.
