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Phone Wind
21st Oct 2017, 12:53
An AS350B3 of Flex Air Charters is reported to have crashed in the Lake Nakuru National Park. The pilot and 4 passengers are not thought to have survived
albatross
21st Oct 2017, 15:09
Sad news indeed.
nomorehelosforme
21st Oct 2017, 16:19
ALERT A helicopter crashed into Lake Nakuru shortly after departure from hotel at Nakuru, Kenya | AIRLIVE.net (http://www.airlive.net/alert-a-helicopter-crashed-into-lake-nakuru-shortly-after-departure-from-hotel-at-nakuru-kenya/)
malabo
21st Oct 2017, 16:26
No survivors in a helicopter crash in Lake Nakuru, Kenya ? News In Flight (http://newsinflight.com/2017/10/21/no-survivors-in-a-helicopter-crash-in-lake-nakuru-kenya/)
RIP Bootsy, legend will live on.
Bell_ringer
22nd Oct 2017, 05:49
Another source who sought anonymity said the five including the pilot appeared drunk when they arrived at the lodge that fateful morning.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001258021/mystery-as-5-people-die-in-lake-nakuru-chopper-crash
November Mike
22nd Oct 2017, 07:01
Hear via the grapevine.....alcohol involved? Rumour for now until proven otherwise :ooh:
Hot and Hi
22nd Oct 2017, 20:52
No survivors in a helicopter crash in Lake Nakuru, Kenya ? News In Flight (http://newsinflight.com/2017/10/21/no-survivors-in-a-helicopter-crash-in-lake-nakuru-kenya/)
RIP Bootsy, legend will live on.
However, the article from the Standard Digital above identifies the pilot as Apollo Maloa, not Bootsy Mutiso.
Rotor Kop
23rd Oct 2017, 09:13
No survivors in a helicopter crash in Lake Nakuru, Kenya ? News In Flight (http://newsinflight.com/2017/10/21/no-survivors-in-a-helicopter-crash-in-lake-nakuru-kenya/)
RIP Bootsy, legend will live on.
Excuse me but what legend drinks and flies??? Apparently all where drunk (including pilot) and could not even walk straight. Sad state of affairs.
Ascend Charlie
23rd Oct 2017, 10:59
what legend drinks and flies???
One of the greatest Oz pilots, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, would bring a flask of brandy on his flights, and had often been considered a bit p155ed on his other flights. Mind you, being the first to fly nonstop across the Pacific in the 1930s would make anybody want a shot.
My mother had a joyride with Smithy, paid 2 pounds (a LOT of money then) and loved it.