Experts investigating the cause of the FlySax plane crash have found that there was no evidence that the aircraft was bombed.
The bomb examiners who combed the elephant peak at Aberdares earlier in the week for traces of explosive materials concluded that there was no evidence of foul play on the plane.
Also at the scene were forensic investigators who searched for clues on possible causes of the crash.
During the exercise that lasted nearly three hours, they collected samples of fuel, laptop hard disks, power banks and parts of the plane from the wreckage.
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Kinangop Deputy County Commissioner Daniel Nyameti told the Nation that investigations would be carried out at the crash site and offsite in Kitale and the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The Star reported that more samples would be picked from the bodies of the deceased to rule out the possibility of foul play.
“We must rule out the possibility that the pilot and captain were not drugged leading to the crash,” the newspaper quoted an anonymous source.
Earlier on Saturday, the plane's black box was retrieved when a teenage boy took it from the site of the crash thinking it had food.
According to an officer who spoke to the Standard, his colleagues noted that a boy had carried a silver metal box on his shoulder as he tried to get away from the crash site at Aberdares Forest with it.
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Meanwhile, investigations into the Lake Nakuru helicopter crash which happened last year is yet to conclude more than six months later.
Experts into the matter divulged that computers retrieved from the scene containing information about the crash had been taken to US and France for further analysis - a situation that would make the probe take longer.
“The computers had crucial information about the chopper crash including parameters of the cockpit. Once they are further analysed, we will establish what caused the accident,” Chief Investigator Martin Lunani conveyed.
