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2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash

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8:32 am local time; and the aircraft then disappeared from radar another five minutes later at 8:42 am. It had crashed into the Kibiku area of the Ngong Forest just outside Nairobi and caught fire. All six occupants were killed in the crash; the aircraft was completely destroyed by the accident, a post-crash fire burning the victims "beyond recognition". Transport Minister
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in Nairobi with a full complement of two senior Kenya Police officers as pilots and four passengers on board: the two government officials and two Kenya Police officers acting as their bodyguards. The last radio contact with the helicopter was five minutes after it departed Wilson Airport at
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was formed to investigate the crash. The commission handed in its report on 28 February 2013. It found that the probable cause of the accident was that the crew lost control of the helicopter in conditions of poor visibility.
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crashed on a hill, killing all six people on board. Among the fatalities were Kenya's Interior Security Minister
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reported the weather was "normal" at the time of the crash with visibility of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi).
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The aircraft was on a flight from Nairobi to Ratang’a village in
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5Y-CDT, the helicopter involved, five months before the accident
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On 10 June 2012, an aviation accident occurred involving a
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Loss of control
Nairobi
1°22′25″S 36°38′22″E / 1.37361°S 36.63944°E / -1.37361; 36.63944
Eurocopter AS350
Kenya Police Air Wing
Registration
Wilson Airport
Nairobi
Ndhiwa
Homa Bay County
Kenya Police
Eurocopter AS350
George Saitoti
Joshua Orwa Ojode
Ndhiwa Constituency
Homa Bay County
George Saitoti
Joshua Orwa Ojode
Wilson Airport
Amos Kimunya
Eurocopter AS350B3e Ecureuil
Mil Mi-17
Kalpana Rawal
"Kenyan minister George Saitoti killed in helicopter crash"
BBC News Online
Gloom as DC breaks news of death to church
List of Kenya plane crash victims
"Kenyan lawmaker killed in helicopter crash"
KDFW

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