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US warns its airlines against flying over these areas in Kenya

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week cautioned its airlines against flying over certain territories of Kenya’s airspace.

Through a statement seen by Ureport, the FAA said that the cross-border militant activity originating in Somalia posed a potential risk to the US civil aviation operating into, out of, within or over the territory and airspace of Kenya east of 40 degrees east longitude at altitudes below Flight Level (FL) 260.

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