Kenya Airways employee, passenger admitted to hospital over JKIA fire

A Kenya Red Cross ambulance at JKIA [Photo:Courtesy: Kenya Red Cross]

 

By Standard Digital Reporter

NAIROBI, KENYA: A Kenya Airways employee and a passenger were rushed to hospital on Wednesday morning after they inhaled smoke when a fire broke out at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

Kenya Airways CEO Titus Naikuni said in a statement that the two have been admitted to hospital and are under observation.

Earlier there were reports that no one had been injured in the fire that broke out at the airport’s arrival terminal at around 5am.

He said all flights have been cancelled until further notice due to the fire that led to the closure of the airport.

We would like to inform all our customers and stakeholders that due to the fire at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) all our flights are currently cancelled until further notice,” he said.

Naikuni at the same time said eight flights landed safely at JKIA and that the passengers onboard were safe.

“All our transit passengers are being facilitated to hotels in Nairobi and Mombasa,” he said.

He said five flights have been diverted to the Moi International Airport, Mombasa.

The diverted flights are KQ117, KQ331, KQ311, KQ863, and KQ203.

“We would like to inform all our customers and stakeholders that due to the fire at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) all our flights are currently cancelled until further notice,” he said.

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