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JKIA 'incident' was a drill, KAA says

Kenya Airways planes at JKIA in Nairobi on November 06, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) on Wednesday clarified that an incident which had earlier been reported at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), was a drill.

Through a statement, KAA said the exercise was a simulation of an aircraft that had crashed at the airport while overflying Nairobi and was part of the authority's commitment to enhanced airport emergency response.

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