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6 Killed in Air Ambulance Crash Just Outside Kenya’s Capital

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6 Killed in Air Ambulance Crash Just Outside Kenya’s Capital

Giraffe are seen by the city skyline in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 13, 2019. Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

NAIROBI, Kenya—A plane belonging to an air ambulance service provider crashed in a residential area just outside Kenya’s capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, according to a local official and the aircraft’s owner.

AMREF Flying Doctors said that the mid-size jet, a Cessna Citation XLS, took off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland when it crashed.

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