Two people have been killed in a mid-air crash involving a training aircraft and a passenger plane in Kenya, police say.
According to the BBC, the aircraft collided above Nairobi National Park in the capital, sending the smaller plane crashing down.
The bigger plane, a Dash 8 operated by Safarilink Aviation, had 44 people on board, including five crew.
It was heading to the coastal tourist resort town of Diani when crew reported a loud bang soon after take-off from Wilson Airport and decided to turn back, the airline reported.
“I can confirm a student and a trainer [on the training aircraft]… died during the incident,” Nairobi county police commander Adamson Bungei told Reuters news agency.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said the accident had taken place at around 10:05 local time (07:05 GMT) on Tuesday.
Its air accidents department and the police had begun an investigation into the cause of the accident, it said.
Wilson Airport is a small but very busy airport in the capital that mostly serves domestic flights.
There have been a number of accidents over the years involving small aircraft from the airport.
