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The wreckage of a Red Cross ambulance that was involved in an accident in Kariamu near Ol Kalou en route to a rescue mission following the plane crash. [John Ndungu, Standard]
The plane that disappeared on Tuesday evening was serviced regularly and had flown to Homa Bay and Maasai Mara early in the day prior to the ill-fated journey to Nairobi.
The two pilots were reported to be experienced and it is feared the aircraft flew into bad weather over Aberdare Forest around Kinangop in Nyandarua County, where signals were last traced to 5pm.
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