Harbin Yunsunji Y-12 crash, Apr 10, 2006 (14 killed), Mar...
Harbin Yunsunji Y-12 accident on April 10, 2006 near Marsabit, Rift Valley, Kenya with 14 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the...
- Date: April 10, 2006
- Aircraft: Harbin Yunsunji Y-12
- Location: Marsabit, Rift Valley, Kenya
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach at an unsafe altitude in poor visibility.
A Kenyan Air Force Harbin Y-12 II carrying a government delegation on a peace mediation mission to Marsabit flew into low cloud on approach and struck a hillside a few kilometres short of the airport. Fourteen people died and three others were seriously injured. Sources disagree on the exact number of officials aboard.