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JKIA temporarily closed after aircraft breaks down on runway

A Fokker plane operated by Skyward which crash landed at JKIA some months ago. Several passengers had to wait longer for their flights Sunday evening when the main runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was closed for hours after an airplane from Somalia crash-landed. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Several passengers had to wait longer for their flights Sunday evening when the main runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was closed for hours after an airplane from Somalia crash-landed. 

Officials said an aircraft  from Somalia made an Emergency Landing at JKIA landing on its belly and veered off the runway. 

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