NAIROBI (Halbeeg News)-A light aircraft has crashed near a forest in Kericho County in western Kenya.
Officials have confirmed all passengers on board didn’t survive.
Kenya National Police Air Wing Commander, Rodgers Mbithi on Wednesday confirmed to the local media that all the five occupants of the Cessna 206-5Y BSE perished.
They include three men and two women, four of whom their nationalities are yet to be established.
The plane is operated by Safari Link, Londiani Deputy County Commissioner Justus Munyao.
The light aircraft was transporting the passengers from Ol Kiombo in the Mara to Lodwar in Turkana County near South Sudan border.
The aircraft crashed in Masaita Forest View Village and landed on a farm a few minutes after 11 am local time.
Rift Valley Police Commander Edward Mwamburi said police and rescue teams were headed to the scene.
The cause of the crash was not immediately established.
Ten people were killed last year when Fly Sax owned aircraft crashed in Rift Valley forest.
The ill-fated plane was heading to Nairobi from Kitale.
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