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Tourists killed in Masai Mara plane crash

Thursday, 23 August 20123 min read

Two Kenyan pilots and two German tourists have been killed in a plane crash in Kenya’s Masai Mara national park, Kenyan police said.

The aircraft was carrying 11 passengers, including five Germans, four Americans and two Czechs, the AFP news agency said.

Three critically injured passengers were flown to the capital Nairobi.

An official said the plane – believed to be owned by Mombasa Air Safari – had crashed soon after taking off from the Ngerede airstrip.