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Aberdare Plane Crash: Why flight that killed 10 was doomed from the start

The wreck of theSax plane is seen from Njambini  Aberdares, in this aerial picture released by police on June, 7 2018. [Courtesy]

The ill-fated  FlySAX plane that crashed in Aberdare Forest on Wednesday was initially scheduled to land at the Wilson Airport, but air traffic controllers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) directed the pilots to head there instead.

This, according to those in the know, was because of bad weather that was being experienced in the city, specifically at Wilson Airport, which apparently does not have good gadgets to help in navigation.

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