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Dar es Salaam-bound flight diverts to JKIA due to medical emergency

By Sharon Wanga | 1yr ago

Passengers boarding a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 Aircraft at Moi International Airport, Mombasa [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard].

A Kenya Airways plane from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam was returned to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Sunday shortly after departure.

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