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Relax, it's just a drill! KAA says on JKIA plane incident

The main entrance of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has clarified that an aircraft 'incident' at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday, May 31, was an emergency drill.

KAA had earlier, through its official Twitter account, announced that an aircraft overflying Nairobi had encountered an incident at JKIA and that rescue operations were underway.

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