Ngokusho kweKenya Civil Aviation Authority, indiza encane iphahlazekile esifundeni saseGreat Rift Valley eKenya ngoLwesithathu. Umshayeli wendiza waseKenya kanye nabokufika abane, okuhlanganisa nabaseMelika abathathu, bashonile kule ngozi, kusho amaphoyisa endawo.
Ofakazi babone indiza iqopha isihlahla ngesikhathi izama ukuhlala ngokuphuthumayo yaphahlazeka esigangeni eKericho County entshonalanga nenhlokodolobha iNairobi. Umshayeli wendiza waseKenya kanye nomunye umgibeli, okungaziwa ukuthi badabuka kuphi, nabo bashonile, kusho umthombo wamaphoyisa.
"Indiza igawule isihlahla kwase kuphuma amasondo angemuva," kusho isisebenzi sasepulazini uJoseph Ng'ethe. “Yabe isizinakekela yaphahlazeka kwesinye isihlahla ngaphambili naphansi.”
I-Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) ithe ithole isibonakaliso sokucindezeleka endizeni, enerejista engu-5YBSE, ebindiza isuka esiqiwini saseMaasai Mara iya esifundeni esisenyakatho yeTurkana ngesikhathi iphahlazeka.
"Lokhu kwenze ithimba lethu leSearch and Rescue ukuthi liqale umsebenzi ophuthumayo," kusho i-KCAA, yengeza ngokuthi isiqalile uphenyo.
Abashonile baseMelika bekungowesilisa nabesifazane ababili, kusho umthombo.
Abazibonele bathe indiza ibibanga umsindo njengoba isondela enkundleni. Umshayeli wendiza ukhombise abasebenzi basepulazini ababephansi ukuthi basuke ngaphambi kokuthi ingemuva lishayise isihlahla, basho.
Ngonyaka odlule, kwashona abagibeli abayisishiyagalombili nabashayeli bezindiza ababili ngesikhathi indiza eyodwa eyi-turboprop i-Cessna Caravan esetshenziswa yifemu yendawo i-FlySax endizeni yasekhaya elibangise eNairobi ishayisa intaba.
