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Plane carrying journalists crashes in Kibera after take-off from Wilson Airport

Wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after departing Wilson Airport in Nairobi.

A pilot and three journalists were injured on Wednesday when a light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Wilson Airport, Nairobi.

The Cesna plane was ferrying three Citizen journalists- two reporters and a cameraman- to a rally by the National Super Alliance (NASA) in Baringo County, when it crashed at Lifespring Christian Centre Academy near the National Housing Corporation Houses along the Southern Bypass in Lang'ata.

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