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Four people confirmed dead in Nairobi plane crash

 

NAIROBI, KENYA: Four passengers died Wednesday morning after a cargo plane headed for Mogadishu, Somalia crashed on a commercial building in Utawala, Embakasi area after take off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Officials said the Fokker 50 cargo plane crashed at about 4 am Wednesday and was carrying khat at time of the incident.

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