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KDF aircraft crashes in Taita hills critically injuring two pilots on training mission

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) aircraft crashed in Taita Hills on Wednesday evening, critically injuring two pilots. (Renson Mnyamwezi, Standard)

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) aircraft crashed in Taita Hills on Wednesday evening, critically injuring two pilots on board.

According to police, the one-engine KAF 720 Kenya Air Force fixed-wing aircraft was on a training mission at the time of the crash in Kamangombe village in Mwatate in the early afternoon.

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