At least ten people were seriously injured on Sunday in a light aircraft crash in the Kiunga area along the border of Kenya and Somalia in Lamu County.
This is after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed and caught fire, police said.
Officials explained the government-owned aircraft, registration 5Y-GOK Cesna 208 crashed after hitting an electric pole.
The victims had hiked a lift to Nairobi when the incident happened.
It flew the students back safely on Sunday, December 17 and landed in Kiunga safely before taking off.
As the plane was ascending from the Kiunga airstrip with ten people on board including two pilots, seven military personnel and one police officer, it hit an electricity pole and crashed, bursting into flames and burning beyond recognition.
Witnesses said the victims were rescued and rushed to hospital in stable condition.
Lamu East Deputy County Commissioner George Kubai said the chopper flew to the Kiunga area along the border of Kenya and Somalia last week to pick up students from Kibaoni who had excelled in the KCPE examinations for a trip to Nairobi.
“Fortunately, all the ten people onboard escaped with injuries. They were treated at Kiunga Hospital before being evacuated to Nairobi,” Kubai said.
The aircraft landed on a palm tree-filled thicket and the wreckage scattered all over the scene, affecting a significant portion of the area it landed on.
Officials from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said they are investigating the incident.
A team had been dispatched to the area to investigate the incident.
They want to know if the aircraft was overloaded or the crash was caused by other factors.
This is the latest plane accident to happen in the country in the past months.
At least seven such accidents have happened damaging the planes which include the military ones.
The accidents are under investigation.
On November 20, a military chopper which was distributing relief food also crashed during take-off in Buna town, Wajir County.
Several people including the pilots and teachers who were on board sustained injuries.
The Mi17 Kenya Air Force chopper was badly damaged after it dropped to the ground as the pilot tried to lift off.
The incident captured on a 31-second clip showed the chopper ascending before suddenly crashing right in front of a crowd that had gathered around it.
The same day, another crash happened at the Wajir airport injuring three.
The cause of the crash of the chopper whose registration was 5Y-SDL was not immediately established.
Images from the scene showed the chopper badly damaged.
The victims included a pilot and two officials who were escorting examination materials from Wajir to Arbajahan in the same area.
In another incident on November 9, two KDF pilots were admitted to hospital after their chopper crashed in the Kisamis area, Kajiado West.
The Airforce Fennec helicopter hit a power cable as it flew to Nairobi.
Another Fennec chopper crashed in Chemolingot stadium in Baringo county in July this year.
The chopper was carrying officials who were part of the entourage accompanying Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on a security tour of the volatile region.
The chopper crashed during take-off but all persons onboard including government officials escaped unhurt.
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