Crashed in woodland killing Kenya's Security Minister, George Saitoti and his deputy Orwa Ojode, pilots Luke Oyugi, Nancy Gituanja and bodyguards Inspector Joshua Tonkei and Sergeant Thomas Murimis. Only small size items remain after post-crash fire. Helicopter had only been delivered earlier this year (see HeliHub.com story and local Kenyan story). See also this YouTube video
- Date
- June 10, 2012
- Reg
- 5Y-CDT
- Make
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS350
- MSN
- 7238
- Location
- Ngong Hills, near Nairobi
- Country
- Kenya
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 6
- Operator
- Kenyan-Police-Air-Wing
- Link 1
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-kenya-minister-crashbre85903d-20120610,0,1424498.story
- Link 2
- http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/06/six-kenyans-killed-in-copter-crash-mourned/
- Link 3
- http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000059577
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