Rescue teams of ill-fated FlySax plane start evacuating bodies from Aberdares

The aircraft went missing on Tuesday after leaving Kitale at around 4pm and lost contact with the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) control tower at around 5.20pm.

The search and rescue teams of the ill-fated Cessna C208 aircraft, registration number 5Y-CAC have finally reached the site of the crash at Aberdares.

Reports indicate that the plane 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 aircraft went missing on Tuesday after leaving Kitale at around 4pm and lost contact with the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) control tower at around 5.20pm.