A fatal plane crash occurred on Thursday, August 7, in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, near Nairobi, claiming six lives. The Cessna Citation air ambulance, operated by AMREF Flying Doctors, crashed shortly after taking off from Wilson Airport, bound for Hargeisa, Somalia.

• Six fatalities were reported: four people on board (two crew, two medical personnel) and two residents in a house struck by the plane.
• The aircraft, registration 5Y-FDM, lost radio and radar contact three minutes after takeoff.
• AMREF Flying Doctors, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), and the Air Accident Investigation Department of the Ministry of Transport are investigating the incident.