Silverstone airplane crashes at Wilson Airport runway : The Standard

A Silverstone plane crashed on the runway at Wilson Airport in Nairobi on Friday morning. The Lamu bound airplane - flight 5Y-IZO – crashed shortly after take-off. The plane had 50 passengers on board, two of which were injured during the crash.

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The casualties were rushed to Nairobi Hospital for medical attention.  All the others passengers were safely evacuated from the airplane. There were no fatalities reported.

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The cause of the crash is yet to be established. Silverstone Air released a statement following the Friday morning accident stating, "We can confrim that our Fokker 50, 5Y-IZO, had an incident while taking off at 9:00AM ... The passengers and crew have been safely disembarked and we are currently working with the relevant authorities to assess the situation."

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