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in Nairobi. While attempting to take off, with a total of 55 people on board, 50 passengers and five crew members, the aircraft veered off the runway and crashed through the fence, coming to rest in the brush. Nine people on board were injured and the aircraft was damaged.
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Silverstone Air was owned and operated by Kenyans. The airline was founded in 2017. It operated scheduled, charter and cargo flights inside Kenya. Scheduled flights were available to Kisumu, Mombasa, Lamu, Eldoret, Malindi, Lodwar, Ukunda.
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in Nairobi Wilson Airport, the company operated scheduled services to destinations within Kenya. The airline also operated direct return flights to Mombasa from Kisumu International Airport.
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following these two accidents, the airline was ordered on 12 November 2019 by the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority to suspend operations with the Dash 8 for seven days.
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for an emergency landing. During that landing, the aircraft veered off the runway and impacted a perimeter wall.
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On 19 September, a Fokker 50 (5Y-MHT) after take-off at Mogadishu, the aircraft returned to the
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The headquarters of Silverstone Air were located on the ground floor of Aerlink House, at
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during landing. No fatalities were recorded. On 12 October 2019, a Silverstone Air
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On 12 March 2020 the airline suspended all flights due to non-compliance problems.
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As of September 2019, Silverstone Air operated the following aircraft:
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Index

IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Wilson Airport
Focus cities
Nairobi
Mombasa
Kisumu
Wilson Airport
Managing Director
Owner
Homepage
Kenya
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
air operator's certificate
Wilson Airport
Nairobi
hub
Kenya
Eldoret
Eldoret International Airport
Kenya
Kisumu
Kisumu International Airport
Hub
Kenya
Lamu
Lamu Airport
Kenya
Lodwar

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