The wreckage of the ill-fated FlySax plane is still at the scene of the accident at Aberdare ranges, almost a year since the fateful incident that took away 10 lives.
Kenyans.co.ke inquired on why the wreckage is still at the scene of the accident with the results of the cause of accident yet to be released.
Speaking to Don Smith, the Chief Executive Officer at Five Forty Aviation Limited, he stated, “We are not allowed to remove it as it is under the control of the Ministry of Transport, Air Accident unit. We wish we could.”
Efforts to speak to the Ministry's Air Accident Unit were futile as the relevant authorities were not available for questioning.
The Transport Ministry had stated that the airline had made a route change before the plane crush, dismissing reports that airport officials in Nairobi advised the crew to use an unfamiliar route in the dense forest in Nyandarua County.
The plane was flying from Kitale to Nairobi and had been diverted to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from its initial destination of Wilson Airport.
Among those that perished during the accident are eight passengers and two crew members, Captain Barbara Kamau and her first officer Jean Mureithi.
The Chief Investigator of Aircraft Accidents at the Transport Ministry, Martyn Lunani, explained that the plane was capable of flying without the pilot looking outside.
He added that the aircraft had been certified to fly under instrument meteorological conditions enabling it to navigate adverse weather.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director General Gilbert Kibe alluded that a conclusive finding on the cause of the crash was yet to be reached.
