(Posted 28th October 2025)
File photo of the aircraft
A Cessna Grand Caravan, owned and operated by Mombasa Air Safari, which was registered in Kenya as 5Y-CCA, MSN: 208B1248, first flown in 2007, at 08.30 hrs local time today crashed near Kwale not long after take off from the Ukunda airfield.
The flight was reportedly destined for the Masai Mara’s Kichwa Tembo airstrip and all tourists on board together with the crew died in the crash.
According to information received from Diani was it raining heavily at the time of the accident with limited view.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority subsequently released the following statement as an air accident investigation is now going underway to establish the cause of the crash.
ATCNews extends condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those who perished in the crash.
