Nairobi is home to two busy airports that, given the city’s accelerated growth, are disasters waiting to happen. Wilson Airport, a civilian facility minutes away from the Central Business District and the Eastleigh Airbase, a military installation hemmed in by housing estates, have both seen a growing number of accidents involving settlements in their flight paths.
The most recent of the accidents have, so far, had few casualties. Two accidents this year involving light craft based at Wilson resulted in deaths.