Frantic Scenes as Police Chopper Crash-lands at Wilson Airport

Frantic scenes were witnessed at Wilson airport on Saturday, November  2, after a police helicopter was forced to crash-land on one of the runways.

A report shared by K24 revealed that the chopper was registered as 5Y-SFA (Mil Mi-17 Hip).

The reports further stated that the helicopter was forced to take the risky plunge onto the runway after developing mechanical problems on its final descent.

Two police officers - a chief inspector attached to the Kenya Police Airwing and a flight engineer, were on board during the scary incident.

The officers managed to walk away from the scene of the crash-landing unscathed.

This came just 3 days after an aircraft operated by a local airline, Safarilink Caravan, skidded off the runway at Wilson Airport on landing from Lamu.

One of the tyres of the aircraft bearing the registration number, 5Y-SLJ, is reported to have burst on making contact with the runway making the plane to skid off the runway at about 6:25 p.m.

Just a day earlier, a passenger aircraft operated by Silverstone Air lost a wheel during take-off from the Lodwar airstrip.

The plane then made an emergency landing at the Moi International Airport Eldoret.

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