Big Mess in Loki today!!!
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Peter Ng'etich
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Lokichoggio airstrip remained closed to air traffic for the second day after two cargo planes crashed.
All traffic was re-directed to Kakuma airstrip or Eldoret airport as investigators from the Kenya Airports Authority and the Kenya Airports Police Unit looked into the cause of the crash.
The wrecks of the two aircraft were yesterday being removed from the runway. The two aircraft are a cargo plane Reg No 5Y SFE belonging to 748 Air Services and piloted by a Canadian identified as Scott Peterson, co-piloted by Rashid Hussein and a Hercules C-130 plane Reg No S9-BAS piloted by South African national Wilson Mackinon.
Turkana District Commissioner Njenga Miiri confirmed the incident but said that there were no casualties.
It was reported that the pilot of the first plane crash-landed on the runway after his landing gear failed while the pilot of the second plane owned by Transafrique but leased by the United Nations World Food Programme hit the first plane while attempting to land on the narrow runway.
Other cargo planes which carry relief food to southern Sudan were instructed to land at Elobeid Airport in southern Sudan following the incident.
Lokichoggio Catholic Justice and Peace Commission coordinator Peter Moru said the passenger plane with two pilots and a hostess crashed-landed on the Lokichoggio runway as it tried to land.
The second aircraft crashed as the airstrip's personnel were trying to clear the runway of the first plane's wreckage at 2.55 pm. The cargo plane had two pilots also and three crew members.
The pilot had been asked to proceed to Eldoret by the crew as the runway was blocked, but he said he had no fuel and he thought he could manoeuvre his way.
The cargo plane was coming back from southern Sudan after dropping relief in the region.
The passenger plane was from Elobeid Airport in Sudan.
This link for pictures of S9-BAS
http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=regn+S9-BAS
Nairobi
Lokichoggio airstrip remained closed to air traffic for the second day after two cargo planes crashed.
All traffic was re-directed to Kakuma airstrip or Eldoret airport as investigators from the Kenya Airports Authority and the Kenya Airports Police Unit looked into the cause of the crash.
The wrecks of the two aircraft were yesterday being removed from the runway. The two aircraft are a cargo plane Reg No 5Y SFE belonging to 748 Air Services and piloted by a Canadian identified as Scott Peterson, co-piloted by Rashid Hussein and a Hercules C-130 plane Reg No S9-BAS piloted by South African national Wilson Mackinon.
Turkana District Commissioner Njenga Miiri confirmed the incident but said that there were no casualties.
It was reported that the pilot of the first plane crash-landed on the runway after his landing gear failed while the pilot of the second plane owned by Transafrique but leased by the United Nations World Food Programme hit the first plane while attempting to land on the narrow runway.
Other cargo planes which carry relief food to southern Sudan were instructed to land at Elobeid Airport in southern Sudan following the incident.
Lokichoggio Catholic Justice and Peace Commission coordinator Peter Moru said the passenger plane with two pilots and a hostess crashed-landed on the Lokichoggio runway as it tried to land.
The second aircraft crashed as the airstrip's personnel were trying to clear the runway of the first plane's wreckage at 2.55 pm. The cargo plane had two pilots also and three crew members.
The pilot had been asked to proceed to Eldoret by the crew as the runway was blocked, but he said he had no fuel and he thought he could manoeuvre his way.
The cargo plane was coming back from southern Sudan after dropping relief in the region.
The passenger plane was from Elobeid Airport in Sudan.
This link for pictures of S9-BAS
http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=regn+S9-BAS
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Thats the article I read. I must have got the aircraft type --Let 410-- from discussions in the bar last night.
I see that we have "two cargo planes" then "the passenger plane with two pilots and a hostess" and later on "The passenger plane was from Elobeid Airport in Sudan."
I see that we have "two cargo planes" then "the passenger plane with two pilots and a hostess" and later on "The passenger plane was from Elobeid Airport in Sudan."
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I could not open the link but I pressume you refer to this article makeahughepullup ? 
Pretoria - A South African pilot was involved in a bizarre incident in which two planes crashed on a runway in Lokichokio in Northern Kenya. The runway had to be closed for two days to clear the wreckage.
The name of the South African pilot has not been released. Peter Smerdon, spokesperson for the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), said on Monday the accident happened shortly after 13:00 on Friday when a Hawker-Siddeley 748 cargo plane belonging to a Kenyan airline landed without landing gear.
The Hawker-Siddeley formed part of an air-bridge consisting of several planes from various aid organisations that transported food from Lokichokio to Sudan.
The pilot had no alternative but to perform a belly-landing, and the airport was closed to incoming air traffic because of wreckage strewn on the runway. Flights were directed to other airports.
About an hour later a Hercules L-100 cargo plane belonging to Transafrik arrived at Lokichokio after dropping emergency supplies for the WFP in Sudan.
Transafrik, which is based in Angola, employs several South African and former air force pilots.
When the control tower turned the Hercules away, the pilot informed the crew, including the South African, that they didn't have enough fuel to reroute, but that he would instead attempt to land on a part of the runway that was clear of wreckage.
The pilot set the plane down hard, in the process bending the aircraft's frame.
Smerdon said the Hercules remained in one piece, but the momentum carried it forward into the wreckage of the Hawker-Siddeley.
"Wreckage of both aircraft were then strewn across the whole runway, confounding the clearing up process. Fortunately the fire engine was still at hand after putting out the fire caused by the first crash landing.
"Nobody was injured. Two tractors dragged away the wreckage and the airport was closed for two days."
Smerdon said flights resumed on Monday afternoon "to our relief, since the airport is increasingly used for international flights".
The name of the South African pilot has not been released. Peter Smerdon, spokesperson for the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), said on Monday the accident happened shortly after 13:00 on Friday when a Hawker-Siddeley 748 cargo plane belonging to a Kenyan airline landed without landing gear.
The Hawker-Siddeley formed part of an air-bridge consisting of several planes from various aid organisations that transported food from Lokichokio to Sudan.
The pilot had no alternative but to perform a belly-landing, and the airport was closed to incoming air traffic because of wreckage strewn on the runway. Flights were directed to other airports.
About an hour later a Hercules L-100 cargo plane belonging to Transafrik arrived at Lokichokio after dropping emergency supplies for the WFP in Sudan.
Transafrik, which is based in Angola, employs several South African and former air force pilots.
When the control tower turned the Hercules away, the pilot informed the crew, including the South African, that they didn't have enough fuel to reroute, but that he would instead attempt to land on a part of the runway that was clear of wreckage.
The pilot set the plane down hard, in the process bending the aircraft's frame.
Smerdon said the Hercules remained in one piece, but the momentum carried it forward into the wreckage of the Hawker-Siddeley.
"Wreckage of both aircraft were then strewn across the whole runway, confounding the clearing up process. Fortunately the fire engine was still at hand after putting out the fire caused by the first crash landing.
"Nobody was injured. Two tractors dragged away the wreckage and the airport was closed for two days."
Smerdon said flights resumed on Monday afternoon "to our relief, since the airport is increasingly used for international flights".
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"Smerdon said flights resumed on Monday afternoon "to our relief, since the airport is increasingly used for international flights".
I do believe that its not to their relief, but the relief of Sudan in question.
I do believe that its not to their relief, but the relief of Sudan in question.
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"The pilot set the plane down hard, in the process bending the aircraft's frame. "
A bit of journalistic understatement?
A bit of journalistic understatement?
